The Old Rectory
THE OLD RECTORY, RECTORY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1267067
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1949
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, RECTORY STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-03-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/10072/06
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1267067
- Date first listed:
- 21-Oct-1949
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD RECTORY, RECTORY STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, RECTORY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Halesworth
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 38524 77615
Details
1. RECTORY STREET 1163 The Old Rectory
TM 3877 1/73 21.10.49.
II
2. No longer used as such. C16 with C17 and C18 as well as modern modifications. Timber framed, plastered. Overhanging 1st floor on west side. Some original windows and leaded lights, transom and mullion. Renewed tiles. 2 storey and attic, 3 dormers and gable end windows. Mid C19 Tudor type gabled porch and door. The interior has lost practically all original features. Suckling mentions John Argall, rector in 1580 as "pre-eminent for learning" and "a very ingenious actor of plays particularly distinguishing himself when Queen Elizabeth was there (at Oxford) in 1566". Richard Whately, later Archbishop of Dublin, was Rector in 1822.
Listing NGR: TM3852477620
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 419782
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
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Suckling, , The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, (1846)
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