Description

SP 7254 BLISWORTH HIGH STREET (South side) 10/23 The Old Rectory

GV II

House, formerly rectory. Dated 1841. Limestone ashlar, slate roofs, stone end and ridge stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys and attic; 3-window range. Central gabled porch has double-chamfered stone doorway with 4-centred head and double-leaf doors, cut spandrels and hood mould. Octagonal pinnacles to angles, double-chamfered 1-light windows to sides and stone-coped parapet and gable with datestone. Porch is flanked by narrow sash windows with double-chamfered stone surrounds. Bays either side break forward and have chamfered stone mullion and transom windows to ground floor, 2-light chamfered stone mullion windows to 1st floor, all with pairs of small sashes and hood moulds, and small sash with chamfered stone surround to attic gable. Plinth, 1st floor string course and bracketed stone eaves. Single-storey, 3-window wing to right. Interior noted as having open well staircase with simple turned balusters, carved tread ends, and ramped and wreathed mahogany handrail.

Listing NGR: SP7249053389

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)