Description

WALTON-IN-GORDANO C.P. WALTON STREET (north east side)
ST 47 SW
3/122 Old Rectory House
- II
Rectory, now house. C17 origin (key dated 1696) mid C19 and early C19
alterations, some C20 alterations. Sandstone rubble, front rendered and lined
out, double Roman tiled roof with brick ridge and gable stack to right, some
pantiles. Former through passage plan, extended to right and left, ridge stack
at former gable end to left. 2 storeys and 6 bays, 3 bays to right have sashes
in exposed boxes with segmental heads, smaller at ground floor left, off-centre
gabled porch with 1/2-glazed door; to left of door, similar sash at ground floor
and 8-pane sash above, bay added to left has ground and first floor 2-light
casement of different sizes. Right return has single storey pantiled lean-to,
door with segmental head and small single light to side, former rear door has
timber lintel and C20 window inserted. Left return has 4-pane light at ground
floor left, 2-light casement with timber lintel at first floor left, line of roof
alteration in brick at eaves to right, stack rising from catslide to left. Rear
has 4-pane sash at upper level to left lighting stair, small door beneath,
blocked ground floor window to right and C20 plate-glass window under eaves;
single storey addition to rear right, extending pitch of main roof, has 2 windows
and door, all C20, roof light and long C20 dormer. Interior: originally 2-room
plan with through passage, fireplace at former gable end to left has wide
chamfered lintel and stone jambs, blocked window to rear has C18 cupboard with
shaped shelves, screen with raised fillets and ventilation holes, formerly to
right of passage, now to left of entrance; former front passage door now recess
in wall, not visible from outside, former rear passage door has walls curved to
sides, now leading into rear addition; room to far right has replacement winder
stair in cupboard to rear, end room to left also has replacement winder stair.

Listing NGR: ST4243473264

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26421971

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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