Description

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SK 63 SW
6/87

PLUMTREE
OLD MELTON ROAD (south side)
The Old Rectory

G.V.
II
Rectory, now house. c.1800 with early C19 extension. Render over red brick. Slate roof behind parapet with cornice. Pediment over the slightly projecting central 3 bays. Single stacks to front, centre and rear. Set on an ashlar plinth. Two storeys, five bays. Central doorway with panelled double door and overlight. Eared architrave, being splayed at the base. Either side are two Ionic pilasters rising to the pediment. Further left and right are single sashes. Above are three glazing bar sashes, the central sash being smaller. Garden front has five low sashes with five similar smaller sashes above. Rear with pediment to central three bays.

Attached to the left of the entrance front and set back is an early C19 two storey, five bay rendered wing with hipped slate roof, bracketed eaves, two rendered ridge stacks and ashlar plinth. Single arched glazing bar stair light traversing ground and first floors. To the left is a single large canted bay with sashes, a single C20 casement replacing two glazing bar sashes and on the far left a single glazing bar sash. Above are four glazing bar sashes.

Interior has C19 open well cut string staircase with iron balustrade and Adam style fireplace.

Listing NGR: SK6148833066

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26301060

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)