Description

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ST5422
8/183

YEOVILTON CP
PYLE LANE (South side)
The Old Rectory

(Formerly listed as Wookey Hole, previously listed as The Rectory)

19.4.61

II
Former rectory, now private house. Early C18 with earlier fragments. Local stone cut squared and coursed, Ham stone dressings; hipped Welsh slate roof with copings to projecting gables; stone chimney stacks.

Two storeys with attic; five-bay facade with outer bays slightly projecting. Central doorway with six-flush panel door, two glazed, set in bolection mould architrave under curved pediment hood on console brackets, with arms in cartouche, said to be Sandys. Three-light transitional windows between ovolo mould mullioned and architraved, with most lights leaded, some old iron casement windows with catches and stops, many with internal ferramenta; blind windows at upper levels in outer bays.

The interior has window shutters, many six and eight panelled doors, but staircase probably early C20; some ceiling covinqs; good sun-room on south west corner.

Listing NGR: ST5460023900

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26308501

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Recommended Books

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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]