The Old Rectory

FRANKTON MAIN STREET SP47SW, SP46NW (South side) 1/70, 5/70 The Old Rectory - II House, formerly rectory. c.1830. Flemish bond buff brick with string course to main block, and brick dentil cornice throughout. Old tile hipped roofs; rear service wing has slate roof; brick ridge stacks. U-plan, with service wings to left return side. Late Georgian style. 2 storeys; 2-window range, with lower 3-window service wing to left. Large painted wood Greek Doric distyle in antis porch has Soanian incised decoration to antae and pilasters and heavy entablature. Half-glazed flush 4-panelled door has side lights with horizontal glazing bars and lattice glazed overlight in moulded and reeded wood architrave with roundels. Sashes to left and above have gauged brick flat arches. Service wing has late C19 addition to left. Ground floor has two 2-light casements; first floor has horizontal sashes. Glazing bars and brick segmental arches throughout. Symmetrical 2-window right return side to garden has large 15-pane sashes on ground floor. Rear is irregular. Interior: entrance hall noted as having renewed straight flight and winder staircase with scrolled open string and stick balusters. Mid C19 encaustic tile floor. Large dentil cornice. Moulded 4-panelled doors in moulded and reeded architraves with corner roundels. (Hickman's Warwickshire' Directory, 1874, p.102).

Listing NGR: SP4244469998