The Old Rectory

TIDDINGTON-WITH-ALBURY SP60NE 3/163 The Old Rectory 18/07/63 (Formerly listed as Albury Rectory)

GV II

Rectory, now house. c.1819. By J. Ackermann for Hon Frederick Bertie. Limestone ashlar; stone-slate roof and stone stacks. Front range plus 2 parallel rear wings and subsidiary range. Tudor style. 2 storeys plus attics. Entrance front has central porch with 4-centred archway and recessed spandrels with quatrefoils. Above is a 2-light window and a blind gable supporting a broad stone stack. To right are windows of one and 2 lights and a lower wing with 3-light windows. Garden front to left has projecting gable wall of front range and a large canted bay. Further large windows at rear. All main gables have stone parapets, and windows are mullioned with 4-centred lights and labels. Small projecting rear wing has some possibly C17 brickwork. Interior: Large stair hall with open-well stair; moulded cornices with Tudor ornament; Tudor-arched fireplaces; vaulted cellar. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.V, p.14; Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p. 420).

Listing NGR: SP6550405022