Old Rectory

HAWLING HAWLING VILLAGE SP 02 SE 9/33 Old Rectory GV II Former rectory, now house. Late C16 or early C17, C18, 1846 by J. Snelling, altered mid C20. Thin coursed, squared stone to main block, larger stone above, stone slate roof; cross wing thin, coursed, squared stone with ashlar dressings, Welsh slate roof. 'T' plan, each part one room deep, 2 storeys, lean-to partly infill rear angle. Entrance front main block, wall refaced left end, 3- light mullion window, shallow stone porch, half glazed door, ovolo- moulded surround, stone lintel, recessed oval in gable over, moulded verge, sundial on apex. To right 3-light mullioned window, blocked door. Above 2-light and two 3-light mullioned windows; parapet gable with cross gablet apex and ball finial left end; ridge chimney behind porch, moulded cap. To right wall sets forward for gable to cross wing; 2-light mullioned window on left return. On left of gable single-storey porch projects, chamfered surround to opening, stone lintel, parapet gable, cross-gablet apex, ball finial; porch covers 5-panel door. To right 2-light mullioned window; above 2 similar windows; parapet gable, panelled chimney on ridge with moulded cap. Right return 3 sash windows each floor. Interior: stone-paved entrance hall in cross wing, cantilevered stone stairs. Panelled shutters to rear room on right. Right-hand room in main wing heavy, hollow-chamfered beams quarter ceiling; half-beams to walls, exposed, chamfered joists. Wide fireplace with timber lintel. Cross wing added 1846, wing at left end demolished C20. Upper floor and roof not inspected. Forms group with stables, church and manor house (q.v.). (D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Cotswolds, 1970).

Listing NGR: SP0635022975