The Rectory

TURVEY HIGH STREET SP 9452-9552 (N. Side)

29/617 The Rectory - GV II

Circa 1860 rectory with Tudor detailing. Coursed limestone rubble. Plain clay tiles. Two storeys and attics. Two ridge groups of moulded neo-Tudor chimney flues. Ornately carved scalloped-edge bargeboards. S. elevation: west end slightly projecting gabled wing with Higgins family crest in apex of gable. Gabled dormer with carved bargeboards in main wing. Windows generally are casements with stone surrounds and mullions and geometric leaded lights. Some have drip moulds. Ground floor also has central canted bay with castellated parapet and geometric pattern cast iron lights. To the E. of the bay is a C20 leaded casement replacing the original doorway. Above this is a niche containing the figure of a stone owl. E. elevation: further family crest in gable end. Mock timber-framed first floor with red brick nogging arranged in geometric patterns. This oversails on small ornately carved corbels. Ground floor plastered with three recessed panels in architrave surrounds. Right hand one contains doorway. To N. recessed wing with hipped roof. One gabled dormer with 2-light casement winnow with pointed arched glazing bars. Similar first floor window to right hand side with ground floor leaded light below. To the left side is a tall staircase window divided into 12 lattice leaded panes by stone mullions and transoms.

Listing NGR: SP9416752520