The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1955. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
cold-cobalt-evening
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1955
Type
Rectory
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a late 17th-century building that has been altered in the 19th century and is now a private house. It is likely built on the site of an earlier structure. The building is constructed of brick and features an old plain tile roof with lead ridges. It has a five by three bay layout, with a 19th-century service range attached to one side and a rectangular two-storey bay added to the other side.

The front of the house has two storeys and an attic raised on a basement. A central doorway is approached by a flight of plain stone steps with wrought iron railings. On either side of the basement are two-light casements. The central entrance features an 18th-century six-panel door set within an architrave and a rectangular fanlight above, which has a semi-circular light cut into it. There is a moulded flat hood supported by heavy carved scroll brackets.

In the left bay, both floors have 17th-century timber cross-windows. There is a similar window on the first floor of the second bay from the left, which has been inserted between it and a round floor window, along with an 18th-century twelve-pane sash window that serves as a stair light. To the right, there are cross windows with 18th-century twelve-pane sashes below, and raised brick window surrounds. The building features a wide moulded timber cornice and a hipped roof with massive symmetrical stacks that have pilasters at the angles on the return ridges.

The garden front is similar to the main front but includes a first-floor string course and late 18th-century sash windows. The interior is primarily early 19th-century, but the staircase is a late 17th-century heavy oak structure with turned balusters, a heavy moulded handrail, and newel posts.

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