The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sunken-minaret-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Rectory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a private house, built in 1851. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, a plinth, and quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring stone ridge and gable copings. The building has a T-plan layout with an extruded porch and is designed in the Jacobean style.
The structure is two stories high with a four-bay main block, where the fourth bay includes a full-height porch. To the right, there is a two-storey cross wing that has one bay facing the front and five bays on the return side. The south elevation, which faces the garden, features a porch with a flat-Tudor-arched door set in a wide-chamfered stone surround, topped with a raised label mould and a recessed soffit. Above the door, there is a chamfered stone surround to a two-light window with vertical glazing bars in paired narrow sashes, along with a single blocked light under gable coping that rests on moulded kneelers and has a bud finial.
The three bays of the main range to the left have similar windows, except for the central one on the ground floor, which is wider. The gable of the right cross wing projects slightly in front of the porch and features paired sashes on the ground floor, along with a wide external central stack that supports paired diagonally-set square stone chimneys with wide cornices. The steeply-pitched roof has ridge chimneys, copings, and finials on all gables, as well as a roll-moulded ridge. The right return has outer bays that project slightly, with windows styled similarly to those on the front.
Inside, the property features four-panel doors within architraves and panelled reveals, and a staircase designed in the 17th century style with a high grip handrail.
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