Description

SP2404-2504 KENCOT 8/233 The Old Rectory

GV II Former rectory, now house. C17 core in south-west corner, extended C18-early C19 and much remodelled 1857 by F.J.H. Francis of London. Coursed rubble limestone with dressed quoins; stone slate roofs with coped gables and moulded kneelers; dressed stone chimneys with groups of octagonal shafts. In domestic Tudor style. 2 storeys and attic. South front has 2 C17 bays to left, remodelled gabled cross wing of later date to right, and taller parallel rear wing. Another wing at right-angles to rear of left bay. 2-light wooden casements with horizontal glazing bars, all as remodelled 1857. C17 bays have wooden lintels over left windows, concrete lintels over right windows, and stone lintels over attic windows. Attic windows are set in full stone dormers of 1857, with gables. Ground floor of right bay has C19 half-glazed door set into original opening, the lower door panels with raised roundels. Chimney to centre of C17 part. Later cross-wing to right is taller and slightly advanced, and has rectangular bay window to ground floor, 2 cross windows to first floor, 2-light attic casement, and cusped triangular tablet in gable. Right side has similar casements, and C19 half-glazed door with arched panels in chamfered stone arch with hoodmould. Early C19 sashes to rear. Interior of C17 part has fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and depressed arch, and stop-chamfered spine beam. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP2550004923

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)