Rivenhall Old Rectory

1. 1841 RECTORY LANE, RIVENHALL Rivenhall Old Rectory TL 81 NW 5/101

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1. A C16-C17 timber framed house but considerably altered and added to in the C18. It is now mainly C18 but original wings remain at the north-west side, with timber-framing exposed (1 wing -is now weatherboarded). The north-east and south-east fronts are of red brick. 2 storeys and attics, with a aparapet and a raised brick band. The parapet is broken in front of the dormers. The north-east front is 2 window range (1 blocked) and the south-east front is 3:3 window range. A wing of 1 storey with parapet with sunk panels and raised brick bank extends to the south-west. The windows generally are C18, double-hung sashes with glazing bars (thin section), in plastered reveals. The doorway on the north east front has pilasters and a flat hood on cut brackets with a segmental headed fanlight above. Roof tiled, hipped with 1 flat headed dormer on the north-east front and 3 semi-circular headed dormers on the south-east front, The interior has good C18 features including a staircase with cut strings and turned balusters, panelling and fireplaces.

Listing NGR: TL8234816571