The Old Rectory

BAINTON MAIN STREET SE 95 SE (east side)

12/4 The Old Rectory

12.2.52

GV II

House. Early C19 with earlier origins and later additions and alterations. Pinkish-red brick faced with pinkish-yellow mathematical tiles to front in Flemish bond, with pantile roof. 2 storeys, 5 bays, with single-storey screen walls to sides and with ranges to rear. Central-hallway plan. 3 steps to central entrance a 6-fielded panel door below fanlight with radial glazing bars with pedimented Doric doorcase. 12-pane sashes throughout under channelled wedge lintels. Wooden eaves. Hipped roof. Side and rear stacks. To either side are single-storey walls with rounded niches under flat arches of gauged brick. Ashlar copings. To rear: staircase window has 12-fixed-lights and radial glazing to head. 12- and 18-pane sashes to sides. Interior: Neoclassical fireplace to sitting room. Rear sitting room has probably C18 fireplace. Cantilevered staircase with stick baluster and ramped handrail. Shutters to some rooms. Late C20 hand- painted reproduction of the Chinese wallpaper at Nostell Priory by Lady St Oswald to right bedroom. Panels of sangerie by Lady St Oswald to sitting room. Pevsner N, Yorkshire, York and The East Riding, 1978, pp 165/6.

Listing NGR: SE9653752315