The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory, Old Melton Road

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1049002
Date first listed:
13-Nov-1986
List Entry Name:
The Old Rectory
Statutory Address:
The Old Rectory, Old Melton Road
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1049002
Date first listed:
13-Nov-1986
List Entry Name:
The Old Rectory
Statutory Address 1:
The Old Rectory, Old Melton Road

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:
The Old Rectory, Old Melton Road

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Nottinghamshire
District:
Rushcliffe (District Authority)
Parish:
Plumtree
National Grid Reference:
SK 61488 33066

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 September 2023 to reformat the text to current standards

SK 63 SW
6/87

PLUMTREE
OLD MELTON ROAD (south side)
The Old Rectory

G.V.
II
Rectory, now house. c.1800 with early C19 extension. Render over red brick. Slate roof behind parapet with cornice. Pediment over the slightly projecting central 3 bays. Single stacks to front, centre and rear. Set on an ashlar plinth. Two storeys, five bays. Central doorway with panelled double door and overlight. Eared architrave, being splayed at the base. Either side are two Ionic pilasters rising to the pediment. Further left and right are single sashes. Above are three glazing bar sashes, the central sash being smaller. Garden front has five low sashes with five similar smaller sashes above. Rear with pediment to central three bays.

Attached to the left of the entrance front and set back is an early C19 two storey, five bay rendered wing with hipped slate roof, bracketed eaves, two rendered ridge stacks and ashlar plinth. Single arched glazing bar stair light traversing ground and first floors. To the left is a single large canted bay with sashes, a single C20 casement replacing two glazing bar sashes and on the far left a single glazing bar sash. Above are four glazing bar sashes.

Interior has C19 open well cut string staircase with iron balustrade and Adam style fireplace.

Listing NGR: SK6148833066

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
431141
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2026. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.

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