The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- crooked-wattle-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating from the 16th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed, primarily covered with red brick, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The main part of the building is aligned northwest to southeast and features an axial chimney stack at the northwest end. The southeast crosswing, which is from the 16th century, has one internal chimney stack and a 19th-century external chimney stack at its northwest end. The northwest crosswing, built in the 19th century, includes an internal chimney stack at the northwest end and a single-storey lean-to extension beyond it. There is also a 19th-century gabled porch and a small lean-to extension at the southeast end of the house.
The building has two storeys. On the southwest elevation, there is one bay with two casement windows and one tripartite double-hung sash window on the ground floor, all from the 19th century. The first floor features four casement windows and one tripartite double-hung sash window, also all from the 19th century. The gables display imitation framing. The chimney stack in the southeast crosswing has grouped diagonal shafts from the early 17th century, while the external stack has grouped diagonal shafts from the 19th century.
Inside the southeast crosswing, there are jowled posts, heavy studding with curved braces set inside, one panel of exposed wattle and daub, joists of horizontal section, and a clasped purlin roof with curved wind bracing.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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