Building record 2310/0/26 - The Old Rectory

Rectory, now house. 1855/6 by Edward Browning for Reverend Pretyman. Squared coursed limestone with Colleyweston slate roofs. Complex double-depth plan. 2 storeys. Entrance front is a 5-window range with gables breaking forward to left and right. 2-storey gabled porch, attached to right gable, has arch-head door with moulded stone surround. Stone mullion oriel window above. Large square-head stone mullion stair window, with tracery, to left of porch. Other windows have stone mullions, some have ood moulds with carved label stops. Ashlar gable parapets. Ashlar stacks at ridge and ends have flues linked by arches. Elevation to right has square bay window with stone mullions to left and gable to right with lateral stack. Garden front to rear of entrance front has irregularly spaced gables to left and right and canted bay window with stone mullions to left. 2-storey gabled building attached to far right of garden front was originally probably intended for parish facilities, but now form part of house. Interior: entrance hall has staircase around open well with Gothic style balustrade, some doors have Gothic panelling. During C19 Reverend Lucas Collis entertained literary figures here including Anthony Trollope and George Eliot, who are said to have done some of their writing here. (V.C.H.: Northamptonshire, Vol.3, p.213; Strapentoria, Vol.5, p.7 by J. Brassington; Northamptonshire Records Office, Architectural drawings collection).

{3} {!} Plan layout taken from application fo refurbish The Old Rectory

{7} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 13/111 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G08 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN41470.

<3> Ellison M., 2002, SMR Report Form, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN102152.

<4> Ellison M., 2002, The Old Rectory, Lowick, (unchecked) (Photographic prints (COL)). SNN102154.

<5> 2002, The Old Rectory, Lowick, (unchecked) (Plan). SNN102153.

<6> The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN10247.

<7> Photographs of buildings in Lowick (Photographs). SNN112775.

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