The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory, Rectory Gardens, Cockerham, LA2 0ED
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071797
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Gardens, Cockerham, LA2 0ED
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1071797
- Date first listed:
- 07-Mar-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Gardens, Cockerham, LA2 0ED
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, Rectory Gardens, Cockerham, LA2 0ED
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cockerham
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 46431 52322
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 9 September 2021 to add designer's name and also a reference to Selected sources. The name and address was updated and text reformatted to current standards.
SD 45 SE
12/72
COCKERHAM
RECTORY GARDENS
The Old Rectory
(Formerly listed as The Old Rectory, Nos. 15 & 16, RECTORY GARDENS, previously listed as Nos 15 & 16 Rectory Gardens)
II
Former vicarage, converted to nursing home, now flats, 1843 designed by Edmund Sharpe. Squared sandstone with steep slate roofs. Main (east) facade formed by two parallel gabled wings with a narrow bay between them. Rear range has roof running north-south. Two storeys with attics. Windows have outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer. Facade has two moulded string courses and is symmetrical. Under each gable is a six-light mullioned and transomed window on the ground floor, two cross windows on the first floor, and a stepped three-light mullioned attic window. The central section has a cross window on the first floor. Above is a shield carved with an open bible, and a motto: 'LUCERNA PEDIBUS'. The doorway has a moulded Tudor-arched head with 'I.D. 1843' above. It is flanked by narrow lights, each with a transom. The south facade, of four bays, has mullioned and transomed windows with similar details. The left-hand bay is gabled and projects slightly. To the right are stone attic dormers.
Listing NGR: SD4643152322
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 182145
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hartwell, C, Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Lancashire North, (2009), 248
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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