Old Rectory

SJ 73 NW LOGGERHEADS C.P MUCKLESTONE

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Former rectory, now house. Probably partly C17, extended and re-modelled c.1730 and c.1820-30. Red brick (partly painted) in parts probably over timber frame; plain tiled roofs, gabled to east, hipped to west. 2 storeys and attics; cellars. East front: in 2 distinct sections with steeper roof pitch to left. C18 brick cladding over timber frame; right-hand portion of 3 bays; glazing bar sashes and one gabled dormer in roof slope, tall brick end stacks; lower section with 2 sashes to first floor and 2 multi-paned casements to ground; sashed staircase window to left and gabled dormer in roof slope, also to left. South front: re-faced c,1730 (see straight joint between brick angle pilaster and wall behind). 5 bays with brick pilasters to 2 left-hand bays and right-hand corner; flush-framed glazing bar sashes, those on ground floor with segmental heads (also one narrow blocked window to left- hand bay on first floor); late C19 inserted pointed doorway with Gothic tracery to left-hand bay; floor band and moulded eaves cornice, 2 brick ridge stacks. West (garden) front: in 3 bays with wide projecting full-height 3-window bow with conical roof to left; glazing bar sashes including one blind and one tripartite French window to right; wide spreading eaves, ridge stack. Long single-storeyed painted brick range (housing workshops) extends at right-angles from south-east corner of east side (hidden from south by red brick wall with stone coping [not included]). Interior: drawing room in bow with plaster ceiling and marble fireplace (c.1830), original shutters to this range; cellars with thick, coursed sandstone walls probably C17. Double-purlin roof. with straight windbraces.

Listing NGR: SJ7252337417