The Old Rectory

LITTLE STONHAM NORWICH ROAD TM 16 SW 2/135 The Old Rectory - 9-12-55 (formerly listed as - Rectory) II

Former rectory. A late C15 open-hall house of Wealden type, with alterations mainly of late C18 and mid C19. Timber-framed and plastered. Concrete tiled roof with axial C19 chimneys of red brick. The centre hall range has small- pane late C18 sashes with flush frames and architraves. 6-panelled entrance door of c.1800, the centre panels fielded, the upper panels glazed; fielded panels to the reveals, and a cornice on flat pilasters. The 2-bay open hall has a good complete smoke-blackened crownpost roof; the open truss has an octagonal crownpost with a moulded and embattled capital, 4-way braces (the lateral braces are not morticed to the collar and are purely decorative). Studwork at both ends of the hall with both arch and tension wind-bracing. Other framing largely concealed or altered by C19 remodelling. The original parlour cell to right was demolished and rebuilt higher in mid C19, with plastered brick walling and small-pane sashes. The adjoining C19 service range to left, now a separate dwelling known as Old Rectory Cottage, is not of special interest.

Listing NGR: TM1195160220