The Old Rectory

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MAWGAN-IN-PYIIAR ST MAWGAN SW 86 NE 1/75 The Old Rectory - GV II*

Rectory, now house. Circa 1858, with few later alterations; by William Butterfield. Slatestone rubble with granite dressings. Steeply pitched slate roof with crested ridge tiles and gable ends. Gable end and axial stacks in squared stone with shaped tops. Plan: A typical purpose-built rectory plan. 2 staggered parallel ranges with a cross wing at the left end and a 2-storey porch in the angle at the front. Double depth house, with entrance to large entrance hall; there is a study to front left and drawing room to rear left. Dining room to rear centre and the stair to right. From the entrance hall is a passage leading to the service rooms, to rear right, with service stair. High Victorian Gothic style. Exterior: Asymmetrical 2-storey front with a gable end to left, 2-storey porch off- centre to left and range to right, which has a parallel rear range for the service rooms. There is a small sunken service yard at the right side a range of single storey outhouses. The gable end to left has extenal stack, with granite quoins and corbelled string at first floor; chamfered plinth. 2-storey gabled porch with 2- centred arched outer doorway and buttresses to sides with chamfered string course above. 4-light trefoil-headed window to each side. Inner 2-centred arched chamfered doorway with panelled and half-glazed double doors, 2-centred arched fanlight. At first floor a second string course and 2-light window with 8-pane sashes with shouldered heads. Raised coped verges and cast iron finial. There were formerly cast iron gates across the outer opening of the porch, and the side windows would have been unglazed. To right there are paired 8-pane sashes with shouldered heads lighting the stair and at ground floor a pair of small 4-pane sashes; to right an 8- pane sash at ground floor and one at first floor in a shallow raking dormer. The left side is the garden front. The study to right has 3-light window, the central light taller, with 4-centred arch and hood mould; weathered buttress to right and left. At first floor a 2-light window with shouldered 8-pane sashes, with a steep gable over. To left a canted bay with 2-centred arched plate-glass sashes, stone roof with battlements. At the right side there are 2 gable ends, the one to right slightly advanced. To left, 4-pane sash at ground floor and two 4-pane sashes at first floor; plank door with strap hinges and 2-centred chamfered arch. To right there is one pointed arched sash at ground floor and 2 at first floor. The range of outhouses is in an L-plan with doors and 4-pane lights, forming a lower service yard approached by stone steps. One retains a boiling copper. At the rear, the gable end to right has paired plate-glass sash at ground floor with hood mould; first floor has paired sashes with blind 2-centred arches over and recessed trefoil with hood mould. Raised coped verges with cross finial. The middle range to left has 2 paired and a central single sash at first floor under swept eaves; ground floor has four 8-pane sashes to left, 2 paired plate-glass sashes with central buttress and hood mould lighting the dining room. Interior: The house retains a complete set of Gothic 8-panelled doors to the main rooms and 6-panelled doors to service rooms. The entrance hall has similar dado panelling. The stair is a dog-leg, with a panelled screen with twisted balusters, which may be a later alteration. The study has marble chimney-piece with quatrefoil and wooden mantel; pelmet to window with pierced quatrefoils and panelled shutters. The drawing room has similar marble chimney-piece and panelled shutters; both rooms have a wainscot in 2 tiers, each chamfered, with wooden cornices. The dining room has similar chimney-piece and dado panelling. The door to the service corridor is flat in the outer side, probably originally covered with green baize; this leads to the kitchen, pantry and scullery, the rear room with bread oven with cast iron door and slate floor and slate shelves. There is a stone stair to the cellar, which has vaults, one with a pointed arch. Service stair is a dog-leg, with chamfered balusters and finials. This is a good example of a simple Butterfield rectory, with external architectural detail and good internal joinery carried throughout the house. The chimney-pieces are simple, but of high design quality. Sources: Thompson, P.: William Butterfield 1971.

Listing NGR: SW8748965920

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Thompson, P, William Butterfield Victorian Architect, (1971)

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