The Old Rectory
THE OLD RECTORY, VILLAGE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1118490
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, VILLAGE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1118490
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Oct-1985
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD RECTORY, VILLAGE STREET
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, VILLAGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Dorset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Tarrant Gunville
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 92614 12713
Details
TARRANT GUNVILLE ST 9212 VILLAGE STREET (South side) 9/49 The Old Rectory (formerly listed as 14.7.55 The Rectory)
GV II
Rectory, now private house. c.1800 for Francis Simpson, rector. Banded flint and ashlar with tiled roof of 2-parallel ranges. Flint and ashlar stucks variously disposed. Square plan with 3-symmetrical 3 bay facades. 3 storeys. Sashes of 6-panes to the upper floor and 12-panes below. Central gabled porch with round headed arch containing fanlight and a panelled door. Tiled garage attached to right.
Internal features (RCHM): stone stairs to first floor level with moulded nosing and plain timber balustrades; stairs above first floor of wood with Tuscan column newel-posts; ground-floor rooms have moulded plaster cornices and marble fireplace surrounds; original bookcases in study. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.IV, p.94, no.4. Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972, p.417.)
Listing NGR: ST9261412713
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 103677
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Royal Commission on Historic Monuments; Inventory of Dorset Vol 4, (1972), 94
Pevsner, N, Newman, J, The Buildings of England: Dorset, (1972), 1972
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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