The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. Rectory, house.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
grey-plinth-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1987
Type
Rectory, house
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It dates from the 16th century, with additions and alterations made in the early and mid-19th century. The building is constructed from coursed and squared rubble with ashlar and freestone dressings, featuring hipped and gabled slate roofs. The roof has coped verges topped with a cruciform finial, and there are both rubble and ashlar stacks, some set diagonally and grouped, while others are octagonal and grouped.

Architecturally, the Old Rectory showcases Gothick and Free-Gothic styles in an L-plan layout. The symmetrical garden front is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows with stopped labels, while the ground floor features 8-pane French windows with additional marginal lights, also with stopped labels. A first-floor band and parapet with coping enhance the façade. The central entrance has a 4-centred head door opening with paired three-quarter glazed doors, framed by a projecting surround under a cornice hood.

On the right side, there is a door opening that leads to the churchyard of the Church of St Mary, featuring a panelled door with the top two panels glazed. The left side has a pointed head window on the first floor with two lights and stone plate tracery, along with a three-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor, each light having a 4-centred head.

Inside, the Old Rectory features a moulded 16th-century cross-beamed ceiling, a staircase with stick balusters and a turned newel, and some early to mid-19th-century chimneypieces. The first floor has a barrel ceiling.

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