Description

TL 4412 GILSTON GILSTON LANE (east side)

9/4 The Old Rectory

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Rectory, now a house. 'AD 1889' on brick panel on W front. By Fred Chancellor for E S Bowlby of Gilston Park (spec and drawings at house). Red brick, 2 storeys and attics irregular Arts and Crafts house with steep red tiled pyramid roof. Wooden porch on W with strapwork and grotesque mask in plastered triangular gable, and small side railings over low brick walls. Half-glazed panelled doors with sidelights and fanlights. 3-sided bay to right with 12/1:18/2:12/1 panes. Segmental arches in red rubbers. Parapet to bay. 2 gabled dormers. Asymmetrical picturesque S front with 2 storeys canted bay on right, door, oval window and tall stair window in centre and a pair of windows to left, all topped by a projecting tile-hung gable on large moulded brackets. Single storey service buildings running off to right. N front has 3 windows and large projecting chimney. 4- light ogee topped dormer window. A splendid Arts and Crafts Rectory, little-altered. Sold in c1978 when benefices merged.

Listing NGR: TL4454412892

External Links

• Wikidata Q26631421

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)