The Old Rectory

SJ 6028-6128; 13/67

HODNET C.P., HODNET, The Old Rectory

(Formerly listed as The Rectory)

10.02.59

II

Rectory, now house. 1812, but looks c.1830-40, by Edward Haycock for Bishop Heber. Red brick with painted red sandstone dressings. Plain tile roof. T-plan. Tudor Gothic style. Two storeys and attic. Chamfered stone plinth, moulded stone eaves cornice, and parapeted gable ends with chamfered copings, trefoil-panelled. gabled kneelers and obelisk finials. External brick end stack to right, brick ridge stack off-centre to right, and rear wing with two brick ridge stacks and two external brick end stacks; each with diagonally-placed brick shafts. 2:1:2 bays; small-paned wooden cross windows with chamfered reveals and returned hoodmoulds. Central gabled break with small rectangular attic window; projecting first-floor wooden cross window with gabled lead top, and pair of half-glazed doors; sandstone ashlar porch with chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses with chamfered offsets, moulded cornice, battlemented parapet with chamfered coping, and continuously chamfered Tudor-arched entrance. Left-hand gable end: small rectangular attic casement, projecting first-floor wooden cross window and ground-floor canted wooden bay. 3-bay rear wing. Large late C19 addition to north- west. Interior not inspected but staircase noted, consisting of 3 flights, open string with cut brackets, stick balusters and wreathed handrail. The house is said to have been built for Bishop Heber when he was rector of Hodnet. Colvin, p. 406.

Listing NGR: SJ6093628976