Building record 760/0/13 - The Old Rectory

House, former rectory. Built 1842 for Reverend J.C. Williams, architect Edward Haycock of Shrewsbury. Older farmhouse origins. Coursed squared ironstone, slate roof, brick ridge and end stack. Irregular double-depth plan. 2 storeys, 6-window range. Irregular front of 2 large and one small central gable with pinnacle above large window lighting staircase. Porch centre right has 4-centred arch doorway with hood mould, datestone panel above inscribed ICW 1842, and ornamental shaped gable. 4-pane fr :> htly projecting wings either side have brick stacks with rounded angles to gable ends. 2-light leaded wood mullion and transom windows throughout with flat arch lintels. 2-storey canted bay to right side. Interior: staircase with stick balusters and mahogony rail. (Peterborough Diocesan Papers: Northants Record Office).

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 11/68 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

Record last edited

Nov 23 2010 1:20PM