SNN111312 - The Old Rectory, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record

The Environment Partnership (TEP) Ltd undertook a level 2 and 3 (HE, 2016) historic building survey, comprising photographs and a written record, at The Old Rectory, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire. The survey concluded that the house was first built as a small rectory accompanying the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Preston Capes in the 17th century, and went on to have two further successive phases of extensions and alterations in the 18th and 19th century, with small later 20th century additions. The building functioned as a rectory until the mid-20th century when it became a family home. The Old Rectory has been occupied for almost 400 years, and the physical history of the house provides extensive evidence of regular alterations and adaptations in the fabric and interior of the building, according to the means and needs of its inhabitants throughout this time. The Barn and Coach House was constructed in the mid-18th century firstly as a single elongated barn. In the 19th century the building was converted to a Coach House and Stables and extensions were added on to the original structure in order to create extra storage room. It was noted in the survey that large openings inserted into the north elevation may indicate that coaches were also stored here at some point. By the end of the 19th century the first phase of the garage/workshop were added to the structure.