The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory, The Green, Heydon, NR11 6RG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372720
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Rectory, The Green, Heydon, NR11 6RG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372720
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jan-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 28-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Rectory, The Green, Heydon, NR11 6RG
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, The Green, Heydon, NR11 6RG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Heydon
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 11506 27357
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 September 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards
TG 12 NW
3/47
HEYDON
THE GREEN
The Old Rectory
(Formerly listed as Heydon House, previously listed as The Rectory)
19-1-52
GV
II
Former rectory. C18 and C19; south-west gable dated 1861. Brick, partly plastered and colourwashed. West gable in knapped flint. Steeply-pitched pantiled roofs. One and a half and two and a half storeys, T-shaped plan. Range to north one and a half storeys; three-light casements, one at first floor level on east side. Three gabled dormers with two-light casements to west. Parapeted north gable with internal chimney stack; ridge stack off-centre to south. Main range of two and a half storeys: sashes with glazing bars, two-storey canted bay with sashes and lead roof. Two gabled attic dormers with two-light casements. Axial stack off-centre to south. C19 red brick range projects to west with flint gable. Large three-light window in gable with transom and leaded glazing. Square panel in gable apex with shield and the date 1861. Parapeted one-storey link in north-west angle with a west porch in knapped flint with stucco dressings; diagonal staged buttresses to west wall, entrance arch with engaged shafts and small niche above. Flat-topped parapet with coping. Chimney stack on south wall with two diagonal shafts. South gable of main range has square ground floor bay; five-light first floor window with ovolo-moulded mullions and transom and attic light. Gabled wing to east with C20 lean-to conservatory on south side, first floor casements, one with leaded glazing. Axial stack off-centre to east.
Interior: of west wing has C19 blind arcading with attached shafts to arches.
Listing NGR: TG1150627357
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 228706
- 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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