Building record 1262900000 - THE OLD RECTORY, DEAN WAY

Summary

Late seventeenth century timber-framed former vicarage with eighteenth century alterations and extension. Grey brick with red brick dressings. Hipped old tile roof.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II*) 1125008: THE OLD RECTORY (DBC6417)

Map

Type and Period (3)

  • VICARAGE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) DOUBLE PILE HOUSE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

5134 CHALFONT ST GILES DEAN WAY (north side) The Old Rectory (formerly listed under High Street (north side)) SU 9893 4/15 22.12.58 II*
Late C17 house of 2 storeys with dormers. Grey brick with red brick dressings. Hipped old tile roof with coved plaster cornice. Seven bays with double-hung barred ashes in flush moulded frames and gauged flat arches to ground floor. Early to mid C18. At rear are number of surviving cross-casements of C17. Later central doorcase with bracketed hood, reeded half-columns and patterned fanlight. Three flat roofed dormers to front. Late C17 north-west wing timber-framed of 2 storeys with one window. Interior has original fielded panelled hall. First floor coved segmental ceiling and close string newel staircase with turned balusters (B1).

(SU 98919344) Old Rectory (NAT) (B2)
NRHE update 1997 (B3).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p7.
  • <2>SBC10009 Map: O.S. 25INCH (1:2500) MAP (1965).
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SU 98918 93450 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. GILES, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 24 2025 1:58PM

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