Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1952. Rectory.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- last-flue-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1952
- Type
- Rectory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory that has been converted into a house. It likely dates partly from the 17th century and was extended and remodeled around 1730 and again between 1820 and 1830. The building is constructed of red brick, which is partly painted, and may have sections over a timber frame. It features plain tiled roofs, gabled to the east and hipped to the west. The structure has two storeys and attics, as well as cellars.
The east front is divided into two distinct sections, with a steeper roof pitch on the left. The 18th-century brick cladding covers the timber frame, with the right-hand portion consisting of three bays. It has glazing bar sash windows and one gabled dormer in the roof slope, along with tall brick end stacks. The lower section has two sashes on the first floor and two multi-paned casements on the ground floor, with a sashed staircase window and another gabled dormer to the left.
The south front was re-faced around 1730, indicated by a straight joint between the brick angle pilaster and the wall behind. This side has five bays, with brick pilasters on the two left-hand bays and the right-hand corner. The flush-framed glazing bar sashes on the ground floor have segmental heads, and there is a narrow blocked window in the first floor's left-hand bay. A late 19th-century pointed doorway with Gothic tracery is located in the left-hand bay. The front also features a floor band and a moulded eaves cornice, along with two brick ridge stacks.
The west, or garden front, has three bays and includes a wide projecting full-height three-window bow with a conical roof on the left. It features glazing bar sashes, including one blind window and one tripartite French window on the right, as well as wide spreading eaves and a ridge stack. There is a long single-storeyed painted brick range, which houses workshops, extending at right angles from the southeast corner of the east side, hidden from view by a red brick wall with stone coping.
Inside, the drawing room in the bow has a plaster ceiling and a marble fireplace dating to around 1830, along with original shutters. The cellars have thick, coursed sandstone walls, likely from the 17th century. The roof features double purlins with straight windbraces.
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