Building record 0450200000 - THE OLD RECTORY, FINGEST

Dimensions - Length 13m, Width 9m.
Plan Form - L SHAPED
IN 1674 (IN INCUMBENCY OF JOHN CADMAN) TERRIER DESCRIBED RECTORY: 4 BAYS, BACK YARD, CART HOUSE, BARN & 24 ACRES OF GLEBE (B1).
MARKED ON TITHE MAP AT NGR( B2).
Grade II. House. C17 cross wing to right, refaced C18; remainder rebuilt c.1730 (after terrier of 1707, before that of 1736); C20 extensions to rear. C18 part is of red and vitreous brick with red dressings and dentil eaves; C17 wing has brick facing to front gable and left return, part rendered and whitewashed, and flint with brick dressings to remainder. Old tile roofs, the C18 part with 2 narrow parallel roofs. C17 brick chimney between wings, another brick chimney to left. L-plan. 2 storeys. C18 part has 4-bay fenestration: ground floor has narrow 2-pane sashes in moulded box frames with segmental heads; first floor has C20 single barred wooden casements. 6-panelled door in third bay with wooden architrave frame and segmental pediment on reeded brackets. Lower cross wing projects to right with 2-light casements in gable end, the lower wood, the upper half leaded, half cast iron. Right side has 2 bays of 3-light leaded casements and central old board door in gabled timber porch. Interior has timber framing with diagonal bracing in right wing, and c.1730 staircase with turned balusters and moulded handrail (B3).