Building record 941/0/4 - The Old Rectory

Rectory, now house. Early C18.

{1} Rectory, now house. Early C18. Lias ashlar with slate roof. H-plan. 2 storeys with attic. West front, symmetrical of 3-window range. Central half- glazed C19 door with moulded stone architrave has central scroll bracket supporting a moulded stone cornice. Single-light windows with glazing bars to right and left window above entrance is supported on panelled pilasters and has moulded stone surround with foliated scrolls at base and pediment above surmounted by moulded stone urn. All windows are asements with glazing bars, wood mullions and cross transoms and moulded stone surrounds. Flanking gables have rusticated quoins and flat string course between ground and first floor and moulded stone string course between first and attic floors. Ashlar gable parapets with scroll kneelers. Central brick and rendered stacks. North and south facades similar with canted bay to south and dormer above.

{4} Undated photo;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 23/174 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), G01 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<3> Forrest M., 1999, John Clendon's Tithe Book, p.32-40 (unchecked) (Article). SNN102529.

<4> Photographs of buildings in Harlestone (Photographs). SNN112560.

Record last edited

Jan 7 2025 2:40PM