Building record 0462901000 - THE OLD RECTORY

Summary

Mid-nineteenth century architect-designed former rectory built in 1850, now two houses

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1124194: SOUTH SIDE (OLD RECTORY) AND THE OLD RECTORY (DBC3855)

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Type and Period (1)

  • VICARAGE (Built 1850, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Grade II. Former Rectory now two dwellings. 1850 by E.B. Lamb. Tudor style, red brick with blue headers, stone dressings and quoins. Old tiled roof, tall brick chimneys with cogged string courses and corbelled heads. Steep gables with cogged brick verges, kneelers of brick on deep stone corbels. Small gabled dormer to centre of E. front 2 storeys and attic, plinth, first floor cogged brick string. Stone mullioned windows, transomed to ground and 1st floor, with diamond leaded glazing, large panes to ground floor windows of S. wing E. front has flanking gabled projections, gabled porch to LH of centre, with cogged brick verge and tile hung apex, 5 centred stone arch, similar inner arch with half glazed oak door. Early C20 bay window to LH of ground floor, stair window and 2-light window to 1st floor. 2 light attic window. Centre bay has 2-light window to each floor on RH, of porch. RH wing has stone tablet to ground floor with Latin inscription including date 1850 "Edwardus Buckton Lamb Architectus" 3 light 1st floor window, 2 light attic window. S. front has central gable with 2 light attic window, 2 light 1st floor window, 3 light window to LH of ground floor bay window to RH with hipped roof, 4 light window and narrow door with shouldered lintel and window over to W. return. W.front has gable of S. wing on LH, with 2-light attic window, 3 light window to 1st and ground floor. 2-light stair window to RH breaking string course. Modern french doors to ground floor, four 2-light windows to RH, 4 light window to centre of 1st floor, two 2-light windows to RH, gable in centre with 3 light attic window housing the central light stepped up. Lower service wing at North end, altered. Interior Ground floor rooms in S. wing have original panelled doors and hinges, and two white marble chimneypieces in with Tudor arches (B3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC16630 Unpublished document: Rev T C Williams. 1900. NOTES ON ASTON CLINTON (MS NOTEBOOK IN POSSESSION OF BAS)(PHOTOCOPY OF RELEVANT PAGE, FILED).
  • <2>SBC1795 Bibliographic reference: BRACKLEY MR H R WITH INFORMATION FROM WILLIAM'S NOTEBOOK.
  • <3>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. p11.

Location

Grid reference SP 88623 11818 (point)
Civil Parish ASTON CLINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC136)

Record last edited

Jun 11 2025 7:38PM

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