The Rectory

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BRADFORD PRIESTACOTT SS 40 NW

6/33 The Rectory -

- II

House, formerly the rectory. A heavy remodelling in 1845 of what was a medieval house. Walls of small stone rubble blocks, partly rendered at the rear. Gable- ended slate roof with decorative bargeboards. 3 brick stacks to right-hand range - one at its gable-end and 2 axial, on stone bases with diagonal shafts. Left-hand cross-wing has a brick stack to its front gable and one at the rear on a projecting rubble base. Plan: the thoroughness of the C19 remodelling has virtually obscured the plan of the earlier house but an early window survives in the cross wing and evidence of an old fireplace in the main range suggets that the size of the house may not have been radically altered in the C19 and the basic room arrangement pre-dates the remodelling. The cross wing at the left end is 2 rooms long, each heated, and the main range to its right consists of an entrance hall at its left end and 2 rooms to the right; these are both reached by a corridor incorporated into a rear lean-to with service rooms behind and a staircase at tne rear of the entrance hall. The cross wing was also probably extended at the rear in the C19 partly for outbuilding or service uses. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 4-window front, all the fenestration dating from the C19 with left-nand window in the large projecting gable of the cross-wing. On the 1st floor this has an oriel window with transomed wooden mullion - extending below it is a projecting stone pier, with sundial on its face, incorporatng chimney stack. On ground floor to either side is a single light with arched head and dripcourse above. Buttress at either side of this wall. The right-hand range has two 3-light casements on the 1st floor and 1 on the ground floor to the right which have stone hoodmoulds which might possibly pre-date the C19 remodelling. At the centre on the ground floor is a canted bay window. To its right, adjoining a buttress, is a small stone slit with ogee bead. Single storey gabled porch to left of bay has carved heraldic shield and the date 1845 in its gable. Roundheaded; doorway with C19 plank door benind. Above porch is a 2-light stone mullion window with shouldered arched lights. Some of the actual casements have been removed in tne C20 but the form of the windows remains unaltered. Year the front of the left- hand wall of the cross wing a C15 or early C16 2-light stone mullion window with 4- centred heads survives on the ground floor which may have been partly restored in the C19. Interior: front room of cross-wing has C17 ceiling joists which are chamfered and step-stopped but the ceiling is unlikely to be in its original form. Throughout the house the Victorian joinery is very complete and of a good quality incorporating panelled doors and Gothic arches and chimneypieces. Good open well staircase which curves round with heavy turned newels with ball finials and turned balusters. Stained glass stair window apparently incorporate a medieval shield. This is a fine example of a good quality mid C19 rectory surviving in a very unaltered state with the added interest of some earlier remains.

Listing NGR: SS4264506676

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