Old Rectory

HESLERTON WEST HESLERTON VILLAGE SE 97 NW 5/18 Old Rectory GV II Rectory, now house. 1818 with C20 alteration and extension. Pink brick, with front in Flemish bond, the rest in English garden wall bond. Sandstone ashlar dressings and slate roof. Central stairhall plan, 3 rooms deep. 2- storey 3-window front. Original front door replaced by C20 glazed porch. 12-pane sashes flank porch and first-floor windows are unequal 9-pane sashes. Stone sills to all windows and wedge lintels to all openings, including front door. Painted triglyph eaves band. Boxed eaves. Left return: 2 storeys, 3 windows. Windows and other details repeat those on main front. Right return: originally repeated left return: full-height gabled extension added right of centre. First-floor windows on each side of extension replaced by C20 crosses. Ridge stacks to both parallel rear ranges of roof, at right-angles to front range. All ranges hipped with ironwork scrolls at the corners. Interior: open-string straight staircase with shaped tread ends, stick balusters, and moulded handrail, wreathed at foot. Balustrade continues around stairwell on first floor. First-floor landing lit by overhead lantern. Entrance hall divided by pilastered segmental arch with moulded imposts. Ground-floor room on left has 2 niches framed by similar arches. Fielded panelled shutters and window recesses throughout ground floor. Original firegrates survive in all first-floor main rooms. C20 extensions not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE9124376012