The Old Rectory And Parsonage Flat

LETCOMBE BASSETT SU38SE 10/125 The Old Rectory and Parsonage 25/10/51 Flat. GV II

House. C17, remodelled late C18. Roughcast with tile clad gables to front, over timber frame; tile roof; brick stacks. Hall with cross-wings. 2 storeys; 6- window range. Fenestration 1:3:2 to gabled wing, recessed and double-gabled centre, and gabled wing. Late C20 porch to central C20 door, late C18 sashes: gabled roof; end stacks. Interior: late C18 dog-leg with landing stairs; panelled doors; stone floor to hall; timber framed partition to first floor right; 3-bay C17 collar truss roof with butt purlins to right wing; left wing slightly lower and probably earlier, but not inspected. Late C18 block to rear left: Flemish bond brick, slate roof; 2-unit plan with access to house; 4-bay garden front gauged flat brick arches over sashes, each recessed in a semi- circular gauged brick arch. Late C19 brick cornice, central dormer and hipped roof; end stacks. Interior: late C18 fireplaces in two rooms. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) stayed here in 1714, where he wrote "Verses on Himself" and "Some Free Thoughts on the Present State of Affairs." (Frederick T. Barrett, Letcombe Bassett Then and Now, 1950 (reprinted 1980), pp. 16-18).

Listing NGR: SU3745084987