The Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
small-chamber-thunder
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1952
Type
Rectory
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a building that possibly dates back to medieval times but is mainly from the late 17th century and early 18th century, with later 18th-century features. It is constructed from coursed clunch and reused limestone, as well as red and gault brick. The building has hipped roofs that are plain tiled, with ridge stacks. It has a half H plan, with the medieval section forming a short wing at the north end. The main range has two storeys and an attic, featuring two later 19th-century dormers with hipped roofs and bargeboarding.

The original 18th-century openings on the first and ground floors have been blocked or altered, but shallow segmental header arches are still visible. The current windows on the first floor consist of three twelve-pane hung sashes. On the ground floor, there is a late 19th-century brick gabled porch. The north wing also has two storeys and an attic, made of gault brick with some reused dressed clunch and limestone. It includes one similar dormer and two hung sashes, one of which has sixteen panes above a tripartite hung sash. The south crosswing is similar but does not include any stonework.

The medieval section is located at the north end of the north crosswing and is primarily made of coursed clunch. Its roof is plain tiled, hipped, and likely from the 19th century. The front wall features a blocked early 18th-century first-floor window with fleurons used in the blocking. On the ground floor, there is a doorway with a chamfered depressed arch and a loop window to the side. The rear wall was rebuilt in the 19th century using gault brick.

Internally, little of the medieval part is visible, as parts have been sealed on both the ground and first floors. It is believed that there was an undercroft with a hall above, indicated by the thickness of the walls and the arch of the opening. There is a 19th-century staircase in the main part of the house. Plans and elevations for proposed alterations from the 19th century, some of which were executed, are located at the Rectory.

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