Vannin Court

Vannin Court, formerly The Old Rectory, is a dwelling built in 1836 to the design of Thomas Fulljames. The building is constructed of dressed and squared stone with ashlar dressings and trim, and has stone slate roofs. It is a large L-shaped block in a Cotswold style, featuring several triple-shafted octagonal chimneys with moulded cappings and skirts. A moulded string runs along the building at first-floor level. The windows are mostly mullioned or mullioned and transomed, many with dripstones.

The west, or entrance front, is symmetrical, with two and a half storeys, including a small two-light gable window and cross-mullion windows at ground floor level, integrated into the base of each chimney stack. A recessed porch with a flat 'Tudor' arch, supported by two slender columns in antis, leads to a vertically panelled glazed door and is accessed by five full-width steps. The south-east, or garden front, includes a two-storey hexagonal bay with a 1:3:1 arrangement of lights and glazing bars, and a smaller two-storey square bay with three-light casements incorporating sashes with glazing bars.

This was a new rectory designed by Fulljames, built as an addition to an existing building, now a separate dwelling known as Bell Court. It exemplifies a ‘Cotswold Tudor’ style.