The Old Rectory

ALPHAMSTONE PEBMARSH ROAD TL 83 NE (west side) 2/21 The Old Rectory GV II House. C16 core extended to form a mainly C19 house in the Gothick style. Timber framed, plastered, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 2-bay crosswing aligned approx. NW-SE, C16, with internal chimney stack on NE side, of a former hall house to the NE. Timber-framed range on the original site, and a second crosswing with 2 internal chimney stacks, C18/C19. 2-storey brick extensions to NW of original crosswing, with 2 internal chimney stacks, and in N angle, late C19. Porch to SW. 2 storeys and attics. SE elevation, 2 Gothick french windows with moulded labels, 2 Gothick sashes of 4-8-2 lights. First floor, 2 casements with moulded labels, 2 projecting casements supported on brackets, with gabled hoods cutting eaves line, all C19. Moulded bands on gables. Grouped diagonal shafts. The main door is on the SW side, half-glazed with 8 lights and 2-centred tracery, in a 2-storey porch with 4-centred arches on 3 sides, and one first-floor sash of 9 lights with moulded label. The interior of the SW wing has a binding beam with deep chamfers, and exposed joists of wide section with narrower spaces between, and evidence of an underbuilt jetty. Early C19 folding shutters in room to NE. Shown as Parsonage on Chapman and Andre's map of 1777.

Listing NGR: TL8760235363