The Old Parsonage

BUSCOT SU29NW The Old Parsonage 1/4 (formerly listed as "The 10/11/52 Rectory") GV II* Rectory, now house. 1703 addition to older house, Stone with a moulded coved cornice and hipped, stone tiled roof. 2 storeys, attic and cellar. S front of 5 bays with 2 gabled and stone tiled dormers, sash windows in reveals with moulded architraves. Elongated stone stacks at each end with moulded caps. E and W fronts of 3 bays with 2 dormers. Entrance now on E front, moved from S, through a 6-panelled door with 3-pane rectangular fanlight, approached by a flight of stone steps with plain handrail. Service wing to N is the remains of the earlier house, one storey and attic of rubble stone with hipped, stone tiled roof. 2-and 4-light hipped stone tiled dormers with modern leaded lights on N front. Cambered brick arches to windows reveal C19 alterations. The interior has a cantilevered staircase with elm hand rail and turned balusters and several rooms with bolection moulded panelling and panelled window shutters and bolection moulded stone fireplaces. Dentil cornices in most rooms. The Properties of the National Trust, 1978, 126.

Listing NGR: SU2259198146