The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- waning-string-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1968
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, believed to date from the 15th century, with alterations and additions from the 16th century and later. It features a timber frame, with both floors hung with fishscale tiles and a plain tile roof. The main range has a cross-wing that projects forward to the right, and there is a truncated semi-circular turret in the re-entrant angle. To the left, the cross-wing's first-floor facade is flush with that of the main range. A rectangular stair turret has been added to the front at the junction of the main range and the left wing, along with a 19th-century addition that projects forward from the left end.
The building has two storeys and attics, with an apparent continuous jetty on solid brackets to the main range, which is visible internally with close-studding above the left cross-wing. The ground floor of the 19th-century left addition is partly open, with the first floor supported by painted posts. The 19th-century addition has a steeply pitched roof with moulded bargeboards, as does the lower left cross-wing. There is a horizontal tile-hung link between the two roofs, and the stair turret has a pyramidal roof topped with a decorative iron finial. The right wing has a hipped roof at the front, with a small ridge stack at the junction of the main range and the left cross-wing, and brick stacks at the rear and on the right side of the right wing.
Hipped dormers are present on the main range and right wing, and the windows are arranged irregularly with five in total: a three-light casement with top lights in the 19th-century addition, a deep six-light mullioned and transomed window in the stair turret, two 12-pane sash windows in the main range, and a tripartite sash in the right wing. The main range features half-glazed double doors in a painted wooden porch with a leaded roof, moulded gable, and Doric columns, located towards the center. There is also a painted brick lean-to with a stable door across the front of the left cross-wing, situated between the 19th-century addition and the stair turret. The right return elevation of the right wing is slightly built out with small blocks of coursed stone, featuring a lean-to roof and a semi-circular bay towards the center. The interior has not been inspected.
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