The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
other-jamb-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Country
England
Type
Rectory
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a building dated 1834, likely designed by Ramshaw, with rear additions from 1882 that incorporate parts of an earlier 18th-century house. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings, a plinth, and quoins, topped by a Welsh slate roof with stone gable copings. The building has an irregular plan and is designed in the Tudor style.

The main front features two storeys and three bays, with steps leading up to a central renewed door that has an inserted overlight set within a Tudor-arched surround, complete with a wide, stopped chamfer. Above the door is a moulded panel displaying the Tudor lettering "18 T 34" beneath a floating cornice. The upper section has a two-light window, while the outer bays contain three-light windows, all with recessed chamfers, stone mullions, and floating cornices. The narrow sashes mostly have had their glazing bars removed. The central bay slightly projects under a crow-stepped gable, which has a gable string. The roof gable copings rest on moulded kneelers, and the end chimneys, which have plinths and cornices, feature two-centred arches between conjoined flues. Similar chimneys are present on the ridges of the rear wing.

Inside, the principal rooms display moulded stucco ceiling cornices, and there are six-panel doors within architraves, along with a re-used two-panel door leading to the cellar. The 'T' in the date panel may refer to Bishop Thorpe, a patron of the church, and most of the construction costs were covered by the vicar, George Watson.

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