Listed Building: THE RECTORY (1191531)

Rectory. C17 origins, datestones J.T.T.1827, for Reverend J.T. Tryon, and 1868, altered mid C20. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and C20 plain tile roof. Original plan indeterminate, now irregular L-shape. 2 storeys with attic. Garden front is a 4-window range of unhorned sash windows, with glazing bars, under stone lintels with keyblocks. Windows reduced in height at first floor. French window, to left of centre, has similar head to other windows. Pair of arch head eaves dormers to centre of roof. Ashlar quoins. Mansard roof with ashlar gable parapets and ashlar end stacks with moulded cornices. Datestone J.T.T.1827 to centre, below eaves. Range to rear left of garden front has tall staircase window, with glazing bars, to right. 4-window range to left is c.1868, in similar style to garden front, but with a gabled roof. Datestone to right. Entrance front to right of garden front was remodelled mid C20, when a C17 range was removed, all in similar style. Evidence of C17 asonry at first floor level to rear wall of garden front. Interior: entrance hall has early C19 staircase with stick balustrade, around an open well. Rooms to garden front have reeded window surrounds and panelled reveals. (RCHM: An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire: p29)

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Sep 7 2023 2:09PM