The Old Rectory

SP05NE 2/7

ARROW, The Old Rectory

11/12/69

II

Rectory, now private house. C16, early C19, partly rebuilt and restored 1866. Timber framing, rendering, but mainly red brick. Tile roof, brick chimneys. Complex plan. Main front to the garden: one high storey and attic with 2- storey cross wing to left; entrance in the angle. Irregular fenestration: stone canted bay with small dormer above and large arch top sash with margin bars on right, French door with 16-panel sash above in cross wing. Elsewhere iron casements with arch-top lights. Half-glazed 4-panel door in plain surround and porch of 2 cast-iron columns with lead roof. Gabled roofs. Big internal stack with 2 star-shaped shafts. Left return side has exposed close studding on ground floor. Main entrance on right return has early C19 Gothic ironwork porch. Interior: straight flight staircase with cut string. Ground floor room has 2 Roman Doric columns and pilasters. Bedroom above has early C19 shallow vaulted ceiling of 4 astragal moulded ribs and vine cornice. Large wing of 1866 demolished mid-C20, (Victoria County History of Warwickshire Vol.III p.26, Kelly's Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire and Warwickshire 1884 p.703).

Listing NGR: SP0819456529