The Old Rectory

CHARLBURY SP3519 CHURCH LANE 5/25 (West side) 17/9/86 The Old Rectory GV II

Vicarage, now house and surgery. 1853 by S.L. Seckham. Coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings; plain tile roof. Gothic revival style; irregular 2-span plan. West facade. 2 storeys;3-window range of 3-light mullioned and transomed casements with stopped drip moulds. 2-storey canted bay windows in centre have a blind triangular recess and a parapet with kneelers and finial. Kneelers to left and right gables. 3 twin- shafted chimneys, one clad in brick. Entered from the east, facing Church Lane, through a porch with 2-centred door, diagonal buttresses and part- stepped gable with kneelers. Arms of W W Stodart, incumbent 1853 to 1856, over door. Y-tracery in the side porch windows is similar to the style of tracery in the Church of St Mary (q.v) Large 3-light stair window to left of porch. Interior not inspected. VCH Oxfordshire 10 (1972),149.

Listing NGR: SP3549919430