The Old Rectory
THE OLD RECTORY, GILSTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348005
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD RECTORY, GILSTON LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1348005
- Date first listed:
- 19-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD RECTORY, GILSTON LANE
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, GILSTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Gilston
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 44544 12892
Details
TL 4412 GILSTON GILSTON LANE (east side)
9/4 The Old Rectory
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- II
Rectory, now a house. 'AD 1889' on brick panel on W front. By Fred Chancellor for E S Bowlby of Gilston Park (spec and drawings at house). Red brick, 2 storeys and attics irregular Arts and Crafts house with steep red tiled pyramid roof. Wooden porch on W with strapwork and grotesque mask in plastered triangular gable, and small side railings over low brick walls. Half-glazed panelled doors with sidelights and fanlights. 3-sided bay to right with 12/1:18/2:12/1 panes. Segmental arches in red rubbers. Parapet to bay. 2 gabled dormers. Asymmetrical picturesque S front with 2 storeys canted bay on right, door, oval window and tall stair window in centre and a pair of windows to left, all topped by a projecting tile-hung gable on large moulded brackets. Single storey service buildings running off to right. N front has 3 windows and large projecting chimney. 4- light ogee topped dormer window. A splendid Arts and Crafts Rectory, little-altered. Sold in c1978 when benefices merged.
Listing NGR: TL4454412892
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159912
- 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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