Building record 1055000000 - THE OLD RECTORY, CHURCH ROAD

Grade II. House. S.E. range originally C17, much altered and extended mid-late C18 and later. Brick, part whitewashed, old tile roofs, some brick coped gables, brick chimneys. 3 parallel ranges, that to S.E. with some timber-framing. N.W. range has ground floor of vitreous brick with red dressings, first floor of red brick with blue diapers, and moulded plinth, first floor band course and eaves. 2 storeys and attic, 5 bays. 3 bays to left have sash windows, 4-pane to first floor, altered 3-pane sashes with gauged heads to ground floor. Central ground floor opening altered to C20 glazed door with fanlight. 2 bays to right altered with blocked windows flanking chimney. Attic has 3 hipped dormers with paired barred wooden casements. S.W. front has 3 gabled bays, that to right slightly lower with C19 external chimney. Left bays have C19 Tudor hoodmoulds over blocked attic openings and first floor tripartite sashes. Ground floor has canted bay window to left and double C20 glazed doors with glazed porch in centre bay. Irregular S.E. front. Interior has stop chamfered spine beam to centre of C17 range, and re-used early C18 staircase with twisted balusters, fluted corinthian newel columns and finely carved scrolls to string (B1).