The Old Rectory

RINGSFIELD CHURCH ROAD TM 48 NW 5/41 The Old Rectory ( formerly listed as The 1-9-53 Rectory) GV II House, formerly the rectory. Mainly C18, the front range being added sometime between 1755 and 1784; extended c.1800 and altered early C20. Red brick, with a moulded string course across the facade at first floor level. Hipped slated roof. 2 storeys. 5-bay facade, the centre 3 bays set forward and originally pedimented; this pediment was removed early C20 when the house was re-roofed. Inset sash windows with glazing bars under flat brick arches with raised keys. Flanking single-storey lean-to additions of c.1800, with matching double- arcaded screen walls terminating in a blank window panel. The main doorway is set within the inner arch of the right hand screen wall: inset 8-panel door, the upper 4 panels glazed; panelled reveals. Matching door in corresponding position to left. Both the main ground floor rooms have good enriched plaster cornices; the right hand room is panelled, with a panelled plaster ceiling.

Listing NGR: TM4034788402