Rectory Farmhouse

SU 12 NE BRITFORD CHURCH LANE (east side)

4/28 Rectory Farmhouse

23/3/60

II*

Detached house. Mid C17. English bond brick, on flint and stone plinth, tiled roof with central grouped brick stacks. Lobby entry plan. 2-storey, 3-window front. Central gabled brick porch has 4- centred arch and inner doorway has 4-centred stone arched opening with original oak studded door. Either side are 4-light mullion and transomed windows with drip moulds. First floor has central 2- light ovolo-mullioned window with 4-light ovolo-mullioned windows either side. Left return has 4-light mullioned and transomed windows to ground floor with drip mould, first floor has 4-light ovolo-mullioned window with drip mould and attic has 3-light ovolo mullioned window. Outshut to rear is slightly later; straight joint, and has wooden 2-light casement to ground floor and 2-light chamfered mullioned window with drip mould to first floor. Rear has central projecting stair turret with 2-light ovolo-mullioned windows. Interior not accessible at time of survey (August 1984), but recorded by R.C.H.M. Hall on left of lobby has stone floor, late C17 panelling and moulded stone 4-centred-arched fireplace. Parlour to right has 4-centred-arched fireplace. Ovolo and cyma- moulded oak doorcase leads to rear stairs; oak newel stairs with turned balusters rise round well. Particularly fine carved stone 4-centred-arch fireplaces in bedrooms have decorated surround and overmantel with Ionic columns flanking recessed panels and strapwork decoration above. Small closet between bedrooms. 5-bay roof has grouped stack in centre bay, tie-beam with straight collars and butt purlins. (Unpublished records of R.C.H.M. (England), Salisbury).

Listing NGR: SU1627228498