Building record 1880/2 - The Old Rectory

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Summary

The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building. It was formerly the rectory and is now a house. It was originally built in 1696 and has extensions and an upper storey from around 1865. It has washed brick walls and a Welsh slate roof with four brick chimneys. The house is L-shaped in plan with a three-storey, four-bay south front.

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Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 55452 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Formerly rectory now a house: 1696 with extensions and an upper storey of c1865. Washed brick, Welsh slate roof and four brick chimneys. L-shaped plan. Three-storey, four-bay south front. Brick band at first floor. Windows are two and three-light casements with glazing bars, with an upper panel of intersecting tracery. Those have flat wedged brick heads. Third bay has a two-storey gabled porch with a smaller wooden trellis porch to a half-glazed door. Similar two-light window above. Added wing to right shows a two-storey, canted bay window with sympathetic windows under stone heads. Interior: not inspected but provisional list records doors with two fielded panels, panelled shutters, heavy ceiling beams in original ground floor, and a turned baluster closed-string staircase.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55452. [Mapped features: #26560 55452; #57412 55452]

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Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 470 683 (24m by 25m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NE
Civil Parish BARROW, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER
Historic Township/Parish/County BARROW, BARROW, CHESHIRE

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Record last edited

Dec 17 2024 2:55PM