Building record 2385/0/14 - The Old Rectory and attached outbuilding

Rectory, now house. Probably C16 origins, datestones 1633, 1731 and 1790, altered early C19 and c.1857. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof.

{1} Rectory, now house. Probably C16 origins, datestones 1633, 1731 and 1790, altered early C19 and c.1857. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roof. Irregular L-shape plan. 2 storeys with attic. Main front, to right, has central canted bay window with 5-light stone mullion window with transom, the upper lights of which are blocked. Chamfered plinth and castellated parapet. Dated 1633 in centre of parapet. C19 part-glazed door to left. Steeply gabled roof, ashlar gable parapets and C17 stone stack at end. Late C18 brick stack to rear. Double-gabled wing breaks forward to left. Return wall has 2-storey canted bay window with stone mullions, similar to main front but with C19 sash windows to first floor. Gable ends have C19 sash windows with glazing bars, under wood lintels. Ashlar gable parapets. Datestone 1731 in right gable. Left gable probably remodelled 1857. Stone mullion windows have leaded casements with some original glass. Right gable of main range has 2-window range of single and tripartite sash windows, under gauged stone heads, with single attic window in apex. Rear elevation has datestone 1790, and C19 extensions. Interior: entrance hall has early C19 stair with stick balustrade. Drawing room to right was part of the original hall, now subdivided: early C19 fireplace and arch-head double doors. Study to rear also formed part of original hall. The hall range may have continued further to south.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/111 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G09 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 595 (Book). SNN111989.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Stoke Doyle (Photographs). SNN113401.

Record last edited

May 11 2022 12:26PM