Description

TL 8467-8567 FORNHAM ALL SAINTS THE GREEN (EAST SIDE)

3/4 The Old Rectory
14.7.55

- II

Former rectory. Early C16 core; C18 and early C19 exterior. 2 storeys; set
sideways-on to road. Timber-framed and rendered; part plaintiled, part
slated. The building falls into 2 distinct sections. The earlier range has a
half-H form, with 2 short cross-wings, that on the south east jettied, but on
the north west underbuilt. 2 internal chimney-stacks with large plain square
red brick shafts surmouted by square mid-C19 chimney-pots. Plain bargeboards
to gables; across the centre range the gutters have a row of miniature cast-
iron lions' heads (cf. The Red House, Nethergate Street, Hopton). Small-paned
sash windows in flush frames; half-glazed double doors with an early C19
timber lattice-work porch with tented lead roof. At the extreme east end is
an early C19 semi-circular white brick extension, single-storey, with a flat
lead-covered roof and moulded cornice. Small-paned sash windows in flush
frames; a half-glazed French door. To the west of the older range a large 2
storey extension of circa 1830, timber-framed and rendered, with a hipped
slate roof; 3 window range: small-paned sashes in flush frames with fitted
sunblinds on top. The north-western crosswing of the older range has a plain
crown-post roof, with octagonal crown-post braced only to the collar-purlin;
the vestigial remains of the same roof-type in the south-eastern cross-wing.
The central range of the roof was raised, apparently in the C18, with a few
earlier rafters reused: probably originally an open hall. The house has
associations with Charles Lamb the essayist (1775-1834).

Listing NGR: TL8374267477

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657448

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)