Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory
Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory, The High Road, Felmersham, MK43 7HN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1114257
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory, The High Road, Felmersham, MK43 7HN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1114257
- Date first listed:
- 27-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory, The High Road, Felmersham, MK43 7HN
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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.
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:
- Old Rectory Cottage and 1 and 2 The Old Rectory, The High Road, Felmersham, MK43 7HN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Felmersham
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 99166 57756
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 28 October 2022 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SP 9957
21/134
FELMERSHAM
THE HIGH ROAD
Old Rectory Cottage and Nos. 1 and 2 The Old Rectory
(Formerly listed as The Old Rectory and Rectory Cottage, HIGH ROAD)
GV
II
C17 former vicarage, restored 1846 (datestone). Main south wing is late C17 in coursed limestone rubble with old clay tiled roof. Two integral gable end red brick ridge stacks, each with two joined shafts. Two storeys and attics. Street elevation has five ground floor C19 windows and six first floor, one of which is blocked; south gable end has four. All have or have had heavy moulded wooden mullions and transoms, and diamond leaded panes; also wooden lintels over, to which straight moulded drip heads have been attached. Modern extensions to rear. The north wing is perhaps a little earlier, with similar materials, two storeys, but on a smaller scale. Two ground floor casements with glazing bars, two gabled stone coped dormers flanking one blocked first floor window. Central brick double stack. Decorated bargeboards and datestone 1846 on north gable end.
Listing NGR: SP9916657756
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 36912
- 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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