The Old Rectory
THE OLD RECTORY, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135440
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1968
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, MAIN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1135440
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1968
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 11-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD RECTORY, MAIN 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, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wakefield (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Badsworth
- National Grid Reference:
- SE 46475 14851
Details
BAOSNURTH MAIN STREET SE41SE (east side) 6/38 The Old Rectory 25.3.1968 (formerly listed as "The Rectory) - II
Rectory, now 3 dwellings. Said to be 1731; east wing added c1800; altered. Coursed squared sandstone, stone slate roof. U-plan formed by single-depth main range facing south with service wing to rear of west end and receding wing added at east end. Three storeys and 4 bays, plus set-back wing at right-hand end; lst-floor band; doorway to 3rd bay with moulded architrave, now within porch formed by roof carried over from C19 bay window to the right; otherwise, 2 windows to the left and 4 at 1st floor, all 24-pane sashes with raised surrounds, and 4 square 12-pane windows at 2nd floor with similar surrounds (lst sashed, 2nd blind but painted, 3rd a casement, and 4th a top-hung casement); moulded eaves band concealed by gutter; gable copings with kneelers, ridge chimney at junction of 1st and 2nd bays, gable chimney to right. Wing of 2 storeys raised over a high basement has sill bands to both floors, a large segmental-headed sash at ground floor and 9- pane sash above; three-bay return wall of wing has wide segmental-headed cellar windows, large segmental-headed tripartite sashes at ground floor (that in centre mostly blind), and 9-pane sashes above; hipped roof. Left gable wall of main range has 18-pane sash at ground floor (with thick glazing bars), 24-pane and 9-pane sashes above, and a dripband above the top window (carried round from eaves at front). West side of service wing, of 2 storeys and 4 bays, has a central doorway, a modern bay window to the left, otherwise square 8-pane windows with raised surrounds. Rear: in centre, a gabled turret (perhaps formerly stair turret), and full-height lean-to addition to left of this with 16-pane stair window; other features not of special interest. Interior: east wing has extensive cellars, including rear room with stone curing table; open-well staircase in rear addition; chamber in 1st bay of main range has C18 moulded plaster overmantel, egg-and-dart cornice, and walls apparently lined with cardboard or similar material (purpose not known).
Listing NGR: SE4647514851
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 342638
- 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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