Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK53NE CHURCH LANE, Wilford
646-1/7/808 (East side)
12/07/72 Wilford Rectory
(Formerly Listed as:
WILFORD
Rectory)

GV II

Rectory. c1720. For Benjamin Carter, rector 1694-1733. Altered
C18 and C19. Addition to east, mid C19. Red brick, with ashlar
dressings and plain tile roofs with coped gables. 4 gable and
single valley stacks.
EXTERIOR: rendered plinth, first floor and eaves bands,
dentillated eaves cornice. 2 storeys plus attics; 5 window
range. Double range plan.
Symmetrical front with half-round ashlar steps, 8-panel door
and overlight. To left, two 15-pane sashes, and to right 2
similar windows, reglazed. Above, 5 identical glazing bar
sashes. Attics have 3 dormers with segmental and triangular
pediments. C19 addition, to right, 2 storeys, has a ridge
stack. Canted 2 storey bay window, 3-lights, with plain sashes
and brick cornice.
Rear has a panelled double door and overlight, flanked by
large glazing bar casements. To right, flat roofed canted
brick bay window, 3 sashes. Above, central round-arched stair
window flanked by 2 glazing bar sashes. Attics have 3 hipped
dormers.
INTERIOR has central dogleg stair with panelled soffit and
turned balusters, with ramped scrolled handrail. Panelled
study, formerly parlour, has moulded cornice and panelled
wooden chimneypiece and overmantel. Panelled dining room has
bay window, mid C18, and fireplace, C19.
Unusual example of a purpose-built rectory still in use.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 272; The Agrarian History of England and Wales: Barley
MW & Smith P: The Buildings of the Countryside, 1500-1750:
127; Church Guide: Wright A: Wilford: 1978-).

Listing NGR: SK5669037775

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539453

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)