The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1991. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- spare-attic-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1991
- Type
- Rectory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory dating to 1849. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof with stone-coped gable ends, along with brick axial and gable end stacks. The building has a double-depth plan, consisting of two parallel ranges with a central entrance hall and a service wing to the right (west).
The design is in the Tudor style. The north front has two storeys and is arranged with three bays on each side. The main range on the left is symmetrical, with a central gabled projection containing a moulded stone four-centred arch doorway, a hoodmould above, and a shallow oriel with a three-light mullion transom window above. Cross-mullion transom windows with margin glazing bars are located to the left and right. The service wing is set back on the right and similarly gabled, with smaller cross mullion transom windows with glazing bars. The south-facing rear garden front has the centre of the main range recessed slightly at the centre, with an oriel over the doorway. A two-storey canted bay window is positioned to the right, and a gabled projection is to the left, featuring a shallow bay window on the ground floor with a large four-light mullion transom window, and a three-light window above with a nowy-headed hoodmould. The service wing is again set back slightly to the left, with two mullion transom windows on the ground floor and smaller two-light sash windows on the first floor, all featuring glazing bars.
The interior features a moulded plaster arch across the hall, which has a large open well and a moulded string staircase at the back with twisted balusters and panelled newels with ogee finials and pendants. A significant amount of the original joinery remains, including panelled doors, and there are marble chimneypieces. A large safe with an iron door is built into the wall of the northeast ground floor room.
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