Building record 0023100000 - PRESTON BISSETT RECTORY

Summary

Nineteenth century Tudor-style rectory built in 1840, replacing a rectory mentioned in seventeenth century documents.

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  • Listed Building (II) 1214822: THE OLD RECTORY (DBC4001)

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Type and Period (3)

  • VICARAGE (17th Century - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
  • VICARAGE (Built 1840, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

TERRIER 20 OCT. 1674, RICHARD BANKES, RECTOR: PARSONAGE HOUSE WITH AN ORCHARD, 2 CLOSES, A RICKYARD (B1).
RECTORY HOUSE IS A HANDSOME BRICK RESIDENCE, STUCCOED, ERECTED 1840 IN THE GOTHIC STYLE (B2).
RECTORY, CEMENTED, GABLED HOUSE IN THE TUDOR STYLE. BUILT IN 1840 (B3).
NGR TO 'RECTORY' (B4).
Grade II. House, former rectory. 1840. Colourwashed render, slate roof, brick stacks. Tudor style. 2 storeys, 3 bays. Barred casements. Outer bays have shallow pitched gables with stepped bases and square traceried panels to centre; canted bay windows to ground floor, paired casements with pointed arched top lights and flat Tudor hoodmoulds to first floor. Similar single light and hood to first floor centre. Ground floor centre bay projects slightly and has 4-centred arch with hoodmould, carved head stops and double glazed barred doors. N. and S. sides have similar first floor windows and wooden cross windows with barred lights and hoodmoulds to ground floor (B5).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC16730 Bibliographic reference: Browne Willis. 1755. The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred and Deanry of Buckingham. p251.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p299.
  • <3>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. p225.
  • <4>SBC10395 Map: OS 1959 1:10560 MAP.
  • <5>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p39.

Location

Grid reference SP 65838 29974 (point)
Civil Parish PRESTON BISSETT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2025 3:08PM

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