The Old Rectory

ST 77 SE COLD ASHTON C.P. HYDES LANE (north side)

9/25 The Old Rectory 17.9.52 G.V. II

Rectory, now house. Said to have been built by Thomas Key c.1510, altered and enlarged 1852 with C20 alterations. Rubble, stone dressings, stone tiled roof with raised coped verges and kneelers to south and east gables, gable stacks with diagonal chimneys, capped to west, external stack to south west and west, all with cornices; pantiled lean-to at rear. T-plan, including projecting wing at front. 2 storeys, 3:1:2 windows, 3 bays to left have 5 irregular windows at ground floor: 2-light casement with ovolo mullions, hood mould and leaded lights, 2-light casement with pointed segmental heads and chamfered surround, similar window to right, central larger 2-light casement with chamfered mullion, hood mould, leaded lights and relieving arch, and a cross window with wide ovolo mullion and transom and leaded lights, First floor has 2 cross windows, with chamfered mullions and transoms, leaded lights, each with small gable over, 3-light casement under eaves with chamfered mullions. Projecting wing has large cross window with chamfered mullion and transom, hood mould and leaded lights, 2-light window above with segmental heads, chamfered surround, pierced in spandrels with hood mould and leaded lights; stepped stonework under verges. 2 bays to right have at ground floor large 8-light window with chamfered mullions and transoms and king mullion, canted bay to right has similar window, frieze above with large quatrefoil panels; first floor has 2 cross windows with chamfered mullion and transom, small gable over each; gable end to left visible behind projecting wing. Right return has external weathered stack to left and cross window with wide ovolo mullion and transom at ground and first floor; 2-storey gabled porch to right has pointed segmental-headed arched opening with foliage carved in spandrels, hood mould, triangular oriel above with 2 Tudor-arched lights, frieze below with blank shield and large moulded corbel. Left return has rear 2-storey wing, elevation not visible. Rear has varied irregular windows and 3 small gables, all windows with plate glass; includes oriel to left with chamfered mullions and transoms, lower sections blind, central gabled bay set back, has carved figure set in gable and one at top of projecting wall to each side, 2-light window with chamfered mullion at first floor, ground floor has former door with hollow-chamfered segmental head, rosettes in spandrels, bolection-moulded architrave and relieving arch, with C20 window inserted, small pointed segmental-headed fixed light to left. Glass lean- to to right, C19 door with chamfered pointed segmental head. Interior: not inspected. Sir Bevil Granville died here after the Battle of Lansdown, 1643. (Sources: Verey, D.: Buildings of England Gloucestershire : The Cotswolds. 1970).

Listing NGR: ST7503772647