Description

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MARKET BOSWORTH RECTORY LANE SK 40 SW

5/128 The Old Rectory

II

Rectory. 1849. Red brick with stone dressings. Slate roof with stone coped gable ends: Brick axial and gable end stacks.

Double depth plan of 2 parallel ranges with central entrance hall and with service wing to right (west).

Tudor style.

2 storeys. 3:3 bay north front. Symmetrical 3-bay main range to left, the centre in -gabled projection with moulded stone 4-centred arch doorway with hoodmould and shallow oriel above with 3-light mullion transom window. Cross-mullion transom windows to left and right with margin glazing bars. Service wing set back on right, similarly gabled at centre and with smaller cross mullion transom windows with glazing bars. Rear garden front (south), centre of main range recessed slightly at centre with oriel over doorway. 2-storey canted bay window to right, and gabled projection to left with shallow bay window on ground floor with large 4-light mullion transom window, and 3-light window above with nowy-headed hood- mould. Service wing set back slightly to left with 2 mullion transom windows on ground floor and smaller 2-light sashes on first floor, all with glazing bars.

Interior: Moulded plaster arch across hall which has large open well, moulded string staircase at back with twisted balusters and panelled newels with ogee finials and pendants. Most of the original joinery survives including panelled doors and there are some marble chimneypieces. The north east ground floor room has large safe with iron door built into the wall.

Listing NGR: SK4075702951

External Links

• Wikidata Q26643312

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  For the Record
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide