Building record 27/0/23 - Old Rectory, Wardington Road

House. C18, incorporating earlier work. Remodelled c.1840.

{1} House. C18, incorporating earlier work. Remodelled c.1840. Coursed limestone and ironstone rubble; slate roof, brick stacks. L-plan, 2 storeys and attic, 3 bays. Central gabled stone porch, C19, has 4-centred arch and fanlight with "Gothick" glazing bars. Inner doorway with fanlight and C19 glazed double doors. Sash windows with plain stone frames on either side. Plain string course at first floor level. Sash windows on first floor have C19 square stone hoods. Moulded wood cornice. Overhanging eaves with scalloped wooden bargeboards. Lower wing projecting from left at rear. Probably C17, altered C19. Two storeys with 4 large stone buttresses. 5-light window with moulded wood mullions on ground floor. C19 windows on first floor with C19 square stone hoods and small gables. Interior: Rear wing remodelled C19 and C20 but ceilings have chamfered joists.

{3} Undated photo;

{4} Notes, sketches and measurements of carvings on oak panels, marked "from the Vicarage";

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 10/79 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F02 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Photographs of buildings in Chacombe (Photographs). SNN111837.

<4> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/59/4,5,7-10 (Archive). SNN115.

Record last edited

Jul 19 2024 1:20PM