Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Rectory
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a private house, dating to the late 16th century, with extensions added to the east and north in the early 19th century. The front elevation was refenestrated in the 19th century. The building is constructed of knapped flint walls, banded with stone and brick, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. It has clay tile roofs with stone slate eaves courses, and the porch roof is entirely stone slated. Brick stacks stand on the gable ends.

The original core of the building was a plain rectangular block of three bays. The layout of internal partitions is now uncertain, though a staircase is located within the north wing. The building has two storeys and attics, with a front facade of three windows and two windows. The ground floor windows are late 19th-century 3-light hollow-chamfered stone mullions with wood casements and glazing bars. The first floor windows are original 2-light mullions, although they have been reset. The early 19th-century extension is also of flint and brick construction, with a ground floor window having a segmental brick arch over.

The central porch has a doorway with moulded jambs, a two-leaf flush panel door, and a fanlight above with radiating glazing bars. The north range features brick and flint banded walls with early 19th-century sashes, thin glazing bars, brick arches, and wood cills. A visible original rear doorway is distinguished by its exposed label, demonstrating its 16th-century origin.

Internally, the east wall of the original building contains a stone fireplace with a rectangular head and jambs outlined by a heavy roll mould. The deep lintel retains traces of dark red painted decoration depicting fleurs-de-lis, dating to around 1600. An oven is partially blocked within the north jamb. A west room fireplace has moulded jambs and a square head, also dating from around 1600. A carved stone lintel over a blocked opening in the north wall depicts a shield, a sun, and a green man face, likely dating from the 17th century.

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