Description

ST53SE
10/83
2.6.61

LYDFORD-ON-FOSSE CP
HIGH STREET (East side)
WEST LYDFORD
The Old Rectory
(Previously listed as The Rectory)

II

Rectory, now house. Late C18. Coursed and squared lias, plain stone band at first floor level, hipped slate roof, C20
concrete off-ridge stacks, ashlar end pilasters, moulded stone eaves cornice. T-plan, symmetrical entrance frontage.
Two storeys, 3 bays, Venetian windows in plain stone surrounds, except single semi-circular head window to centre of
first floor; 6:15:6 pane sashes to each window, window to centre of first floor with 15 pane sashes. Central door
opening in a dressed stone surround with a moulded semi-circular head, pilaster to each side; half glazed door,
fan-light with radiating glazing bars; large stone portico with flat entablature on 4 fluted Roman Doric columns,
three- quarter columns to wall. Two storey wing of lower height at right-angles to rear in conforming style. Interior
with co-eval features including fireplaces and ornamental plasterwork to principal ground floor rooms.

Listing NGR: ST5668331940

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311085

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6