The Old Rectory

ODDINGTON LOWER ODDINGTON SP 2325 11/186 The Old Rectory 25.8.60 II Former manor house, then rectory, now detached house. C17 house enlarged late C17, altered and extended early and late C19. Coursed, squared and dressed limestone, brick, later C17 wing, now roughcast, stone slate roof, ashlar and brick stacks. 'L' shaped early C17 block, later C17 extension with projecting stacks attached and extending forward from left-hand wall with large 2- storey canted bays inserted c1820 to garden front. C19 two-storey extension in brick in angle between two C17 blocks. Late C19 cottage type extension at rear. Entrance front; early C17 main body, 2 storeys and attic lit by 2 roof dormers, 2-light one 3- light both with leaded panes. 2-windowed facade lit by 3-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements with ovolo-moulded mullions and stopped hoods. Part-glazed C19 door under portico with triangular pediment supported by Doric columns. Foliate decoration on corner stones either side of pediment. C19 extension at right-angles left; 2 storeys and attic lit by two 2-light roof dormers with flat, leaded roofs, 12-pane sashes below within surrounds with slightly cambered heads. Hipped roof to later C17 extension left, mansard roof to red brick C19 extension. Axial stacks with moulded cappings, otherwise brick. Interior: reputed to contain C17 staircase.

Listing NGR: SP2328825891