Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- lesser-panel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1951
- Type
- Rectory
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory built in the late 18th century and later. It features a combination of brick, re-used limestone ashlar, knapped flint, and gault brick. The front block has a flat roof, while the rear is covered with pantiles. The building is two stories high with a three-bay symmetrical facade. It includes two full-height bays that are segmental in plan, featuring tripartite sash windows with glazing bars set beneath rendered skewback arches. The central bay has a two-leaf panelled front door topped by a traceried semicircular fanlight, all within a doorcase formed by a pair of engaged reeded Roman Doric columns that support a renewed broken pediment.
On the first floor, there is a single sash window with glazing bars beneath a rendered skewback arch. The parapet has stone coping. The east facade features a later canted bay on the side of the front block, which has six sash windows with glazing bars (one of which is blind) beneath gault brick skewback arches. The middle bay shows the gable end of the rear block, which has a datestone from 1841 at the base of the gable. This section is constructed of galletted flint with re-used ashlar and gault brick dressings, and it is three stories high with two bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches. The gable displays tumbling-in. There are lower additions to the north that include a two-storey canted bay and sash windows with glazing bars.
The west facade has sash windows with glazing bars, a pedimented doorcase on pilasters, and outbuildings that project westward to form a courtyard. Inside, the original swept staircase features square-sectioned balusters, an open string, and a mahogany handrail.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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