The Old Rectory

SK69NE FINNINGLEY RECTORY LANE (south side, off) 8/65 The Old Rectory 4 June 1986 (formerly listed as being on Bawtry Road) - II Rectory, unoccupied at time of resurvey (1987). 1704 for Rev. George Barniston (Woodhouse, pp 25-26); aid C19 addition now reduced in size. Cement rendered, the C19 addition in yellow brick; Welsh slate roofs. H-shaped plan. 2-storey, 5-bay C18 range with central rear wing forming link to 2-storey-and-attic C19 range set parallel to front. C18 facade (south front): ashlar and rendered plinth; central part-glazed door beneath pedimented hood on consoles; projecting stone sills to sashes with glazing bars in flush wooden architraves; shouldered, yellow-brick end stacks. Left return: C18 gable has weathered date plaque reading 'George/B..../Rector/ 1704'. Flat-roofed C19 porch on left has Tudor-arched doorway with hoodmould; above porch the wing has an unequally-hung 15-pane sash window. Gabled mid-C19 wing on left: chamfered plinth; chamfered, quoined stone surrounds to mullioned and transomed wooden casements, of 3 lights to ground floor and of 2 lights to 1st floor and attic. Large kneelers and ashlar gable copings with apex finials; brick stacks at junction with C18 range on right. Right return: C19 wing has a canted bay window to ground floor, otherwise as other gable. Interior: ground-floor room on left of C18 facade has iron firebasket in pine surround with pulvinated frieze and cornice. Rev. G. A. Woodhouse, Finingley, 1877.

Listing NGR: SK6694899049