The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1952. House, former rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
steep-crypt-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1952
Type
House, former rectory
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, dating from the 16th century, with reworking and extensions from the 19th century. It features timber framed construction, with parts exposed and sections filled with brick or plaster, and some areas covered in colourwashed render. The roofs are covered with clay tiles. The original structure appears to be T-shaped, with a northern cross-wing likely being a 19th-century addition or rebuilding.

The central block has two storeys and attics, while the cross-wings also have two storeys. On the east elevation, the entire surface is rendered and colourwashed. The central block includes a 19th-century canted bay window on the ground floor, a two-light casement window on the first floor, and two gabled dormers with two-light casements in the attic. The left-hand gable juts out at the first floor level and features two-light casements, with two on the ground floor and one on the first floor, the latter topped with a moulded label. The right-hand gable has a porch with single lights flanking the ground floor and a two-light casement on the first floor, all windows adorned with moulded labels. The porch has a four-centred archway with a dripmould, sheltering a part-glazed door. Most casements include leaded lights.

The central block has a brick multiple ridge stack, with an integral side stack on the left-hand wing and an external side stack on the right-hand wing. The south elevation shows partly exposed timber framing and a variety of two and three-light casement windows, mostly replaced in the 20th century but retaining leaded lights. There is a vertical panel door on the left-hand side and a red brick multiple ridge stack.

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