Glebe House Montague House The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
Glebe House Montague House The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- gentle-mantel-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, now Glebe House and three separate dwellings, largely dates to the early 17th century, with significant extensions from the early 18th century. The front was refaced around 1745, with further alterations and extensions in 1762, the 19th century, and 1901. The house has a timber-frame core, now cased in red brick, along with some weatherboarding and stone dressings. It is roofed with tiles.
The rambling, enlarged building was originally four bays with two cross wings. The front features a central, gabled porch dating to the 19th century, incorporating double doors with decorative leaded lights, set on a stone and brick plinth. The porch has decorative timber framing to the gable and a cusped bargeboard. A single casement window sits above the porch to the left. Ground floor windows to the left and a three-light casement to the first floor are present. A 19th-century canted bay window is on the ground floor to the right. The gabled cross wings project slightly at each end, featuring two-light casement windows and weatherboarded gables. A conservatory, dating to around 1900, projects forward to the far right. The roof has boxed eaves and is steeply pitched, with the ridge highest to the right of centre, hipped down twice to the left and once to the right. A large 17th-century ridge stack with clustered square shafts and oversailing caps is centrally located.
The left return is bricked, with a ground-floor two-light casement with a segmental head above. A rendered gable displays exposed purlins. At the rear, a lean-to leading to a later 18th-century block with a gable end to the left is positioned. The rear of this block features two ground-floor two-light casements with segmental heads. A twin-gabled early 18th-century block of four bays is situated behind the original range, incorporating casements with segmental heads. There are two horizontal plat bands visible, as are coped gables. A large cross-axial stack is located at the junction of the later 18th-century block to the right. Ground floor three-light casements, with the central one half-blocked, and first-floor two-light casements are present, along with one blind window, and a ridge stack. The 1901 block, marked with its date on the rainwater heads, projects to the rear left and right of the front. A multi-gabled elevation faces the garden, incorporating a two-storey projecting canted bay with French windows and sash windows and a hipped roof. A six-light ground-floor casement and an oriel window with a casement to the left can be found centrally. A large gable sits over a canted bay to the right, accompanied by cross-axial stacks.
Inside, an early 18th-century dining room and staircase are notable. The building includes Montague House and Kemp Place.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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