The Old Rectory, With Attached Garden Walls And Piers To South

SP2604-2704 ALVESCOT LOWER END (North-east side) 9/5 The Old Rectory, with attached 12/09/55 garden walls and piers to S (Formerly listed as Rectory)

GV II Forner rectory, now house, with garden walls. House is said to date back to 1609 but much altered and rebuilt late C18 and early C19. Limestone ashlar front to south, remainder coursed rubble. C20 concrete tile roof with stone gable copings. Ashlar chimney to centre, external chimney to right with shaft rebuilt in brick C20. L-plan. 2 storeys and attic, 5 irregular bays. Moulded plinth. First floor has boxed 3-pane sashes; ground floor has 2 large tripartite sashes, that to right of c.1900, off-centre double half-glazed doors, and C20 door with rectangular fanlight to left. Attic casement in left gable. Rear has 3 gabled bays with sashes to first floor and C20 round windows flanking C20 arched doorway. C20 wooden Doric porch. Later wing projects to right with flat-roofed extension. Attched to either side of south front are garden walls of early C19 date, with long returns of c.25m to south. Left wall is completely of brick; right wall is brick-faced to garden but backed with coursed rubble limestone. Both have brick laid in English garden wall bond with courses of blue headers and red stretchers, and have flat stone coping. End piers are of ashlar with tented caps. Walls to either side of house are pierced by arched gateways.

Listing NGR: SP2741404228