SNN102254 - Historic Building Survey: The Old Rectory, Wicken, Northamptonshire

In April 2002 a historic building survey was carried out on the Old Rectory, Wicken, in advance of major refurbishment works. The house, a grade II* listed building, was until recently the Wicken Country House Hotel. It was built in 1703 as a three-pile, H-plan structure of three stories, with limestone walls and detailing in ironstone. The house was extended to the north in the 18th century, further extended to the north and west in the 19th century, and continued in use as a rectory until it was sold and converted into a hotel some 40 years ago. Internally, little remains of the 18th century house except in the attics, and the back staircase. The main staircase is almost certainly a later insertion, derived from another building.