The Old Rectory

TL 73 NE 4/32 7.8.1952

GREAT YELDHAM CHURCH ROAD, West Side The Old Rectory

GV II*

House, C15, altered in C19. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay main range aligned NW-SE, with 3-bay crosswing at each end, all originally jettied to the NE. External chimney stacks to NW and SE. C18/19 extension to rear, C19 single-storey extension to NW, large C19 extension to SE. Aspect NE. 2 storeys, cellar and attics. C20 door in rustic porch with tiled gabled roof, one C20 bay window, 5 other windows, all C19 and C20. The jetty of the SE crosswing is underbuilt. First floor, 2 bay windows and 2 other windows, all C19 and C20. Two C19/20 windows in gabled dormers. The interiors of the main range and SE crosswing have exposed heavy studding, double-ogee moulded joists, wave-moulded beams, the beam of the crosswing also having foliate carving. A small part of the NW side of the SE crosswing has exposed original brick nogging arranged decoratively in opposed triangles, originally outside but now enclosed in a later extension. The interior of the NW crosswing is mainly plastered. The main range and SE crosswing have fine side-purlin roofs with arched collars and arched wind-bracing. The upper room of the SE crosswing has been elaborately restyled in the C19 with Gothic carpentry and carving of high quality. The cellar is of C16 or earlier brickwork. RCHM 4.

Listing NGR: TL7572738653