Description

TF63 SE INGOLDISTHORPE SHERNBORNE ROAD (south)

4/21 The Old Rectory.

- II

Former Rectory House, now divided into 4 separate dwellings. 1856-1858 by
G.E. Pritchett, architect of Bishop's Stortford, for the Rev. William Philip
Beckett, vicar, who also restored the church (q.v.) and built the school.
Cost £2,000. Coursed, dressed carstone with freestone dressings, slated
roofs. 2 storeys with attics, double pile plan. High Victorian Gothic.
Entrance front to north of 6 bays, ground floor with 3 2-light and one 3-light
casement cross windows. At west one 2 leaf French door. 6 first floor case-
ment cross windows, all openings with freestone rusticated dressings. Off-
centre wooden porch, stone plinth, arched centre, 2 side panels, much internal
wooden bracing, barge board gable and slated roof. 2 leaf partly glazed Gothic
arched-headed door. Attic with 2 2-light casement dormers with barge boarded
gabled roofs. Roof hipped at east only, with one ridge stack, verged at west
with single end gable stack springing from corbelled out first floor arch
on return. Garden front of 4 bays has 3 ground floor 2-light casement cross
windows and one 2 leaf French door, 4 first floor 2-light casement cross
windows. Contemporary conservatory at right angles at east with hipped 5-
sided gable to south. Roof hipped at east with one eaves level stack and
2 ridge stacks, 2 2-light dormers with barge board gables. West return has
single ground floor dressed stone and slated 5-light canted sided bow window.
Single storey stable and service wing attached at east is not of special
interest.

Listing NGR: TF6914632551

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445813

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas