Description

WIGGINTON VICARAGE ROAD SP 91 SW (North side) 4/169 The Old Rectory - GV II House. Later C17, early C18 extensions to rear and E end. Timber framed and brick cased, roughcast, exposed frame at E gable of single storey E extension but otherwise refaced in brick and flint now painted. Old red tile roofs. A 2 storeys, 2 windows, 2-cells plan house on roadside facing S, with twin parallel 2-storeys N new wings and low E extension set back to allow a small gabled porch at SE in gable wall beside a large projecting plastered E gable chimney. 2 light flush casement windows with small panes and segmental arches to ground floor. 2 square and one cruciform tie rod plates at floor level on front. Large E room has an axial chamfered beam and large open fireplace with narrower service room at W. NW rear wing a kitchen with wide gable fireplace. Stair not in original position. Former wall plate a little above floor level in rear wall supports heightened studs of rear N wall. Corner posts, raised wall plates and tie-beams. 2 bays, clasped-purlin roof strutted from partition tie-beam. At some time roof lathed and plastered up to apex. Rear wings of brick roughcast but with timber frame N gable triangles. Formerly called The Old Cottage. (RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: SP9392310296

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)