The Roundhouse, In The Grounds Of The Old Rectory

WISTON 1. 5404 The Roundhouse, in the grounds of the Old Rectory TQ 11 SE 13/359 15.3.55

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1. C18 or earlier. This stands in the garden of the Old Rectory, though it is now occupied as a separate dwelling. It was originally the cottage occupied by the Verderer of Wiston Park and stands on an eminence which gives it a good view over the Park. It is a smmll 2 storey building of which the front is elliptical with a rectory portion behind. The ground floor is of white brick and has 2 windows in the centre with a shallow niche on each side of them. The first floor is set back within the space occupied by the ground floor and there is a roof round the bottom of Horsham slabs sloping up to the first floor which is tile-hung and has one window and a polygonal pointed metal roof, with Horsham slabs behind. Round-headed doorway on the east side. Modern additions to the rear. Cottage cupboard-staircase inside.

Listing NGR: TQ1566513386