The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
burning-sandstone-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1988
Type
Rectory
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a house, formerly serving as the rectory, built around 1830 to 1840, with some 18th-century elements and a later 19th-century addition. It features plastered stone walls and a hipped slate roof, along with three rendered brick stacks. The layout includes a central block with an entrance passage leading to a stair hall, flanked by principal rooms on either side, each with an axial passage behind and service or smaller rooms at the rear. There is a sizeable room in a recessed section on either side, with a service room behind, and an apparent 18th-century range extending to the rear on the right-hand side. A later 19th-century range runs parallel to the rear of the left-hand end.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with a 1:3:1 window arrangement across three bays, featuring marginal glazed 20-pane sash windows. On the ground floor, there are French windows to the left, while the right has a similar sash window to the one above. The central entrance has a four-panel 19th-century door behind a later 19th-century verandah with chamfered posts, which includes a conservatory at the left-hand end. A tall, partly castellated wall extends from the right-hand end of the house. A recessed range set back from this end has leaded pane casements, likely from the 18th or 19th century. A taller gable-ended range is located behind the central and left-hand ranges, with an original stair window featuring an arched head visible at the rear of the central section.

Inside, the room to the left of the entrance has a decorative plaster cornice and ceiling band, as does the left-hand end room, which also features an early to mid-19th-century marble chimneypiece. The entrance passage and the room to the right have simple moulded cornices. The staircase boasts decorative wrought iron balusters, a mahogany wreathed handrail, and carved tread ends. The right-hand end of the house contains several 18th-century two-panel doors, while early 19th-century six-panel doors are more prevalent throughout. This building is a well-preserved example of a high-quality early 19th-century vicarage.

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