The Old Rectory
THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053269
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH LANE
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- Date:
- 2002-08-18
- Reference:
- IOE01/07583/21
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1053269
- Date first listed:
- 17-Sept-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH LANE
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Oxfordshire
- District:
- West Oxfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Charlbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 35501 19424
Details
CHARLBURY SP3519 CHURCH LANE 5/25 (West side) 17/9/86 The Old Rectory GV II
Vicarage, now house and surgery. 1853 by S.L. Seckham. Coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings; plain tile roof. Gothic revival style; irregular 2-span plan. West facade. 2 storeys;3-window range of 3-light mullioned and transomed casements with stopped drip moulds. 2-storey canted bay windows in centre have a blind triangular recess and a parapet with kneelers and finial. Kneelers to left and right gables. 3 twin- shafted chimneys, one clad in brick. Entered from the east, facing Church Lane, through a porch with 2-centred door, diagonal buttresses and part- stepped gable with kneelers. Arms of W W Stodart, incumbent 1853 to 1856, over door. Y-tracery in the side porch windows is similar to the style of tracery in the Church of St Mary (q.v) Large 3-light stair window to left of porch. Interior not inspected. VCH Oxfordshire 10 (1972),149.
Listing NGR: SP3549919430
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 254166
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1972), 149
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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