Description

CORBY GLEN CHURCH STREET
TF 02 SW (north side)

6/76 Nos.15 and 17

G.V. II

Former rectory, now 2 cottages. 1619, extended 1697, C19 and C20
remodelling. Coursed squared limestone rubble, ashlar dressings,
Collyweston slate roof having raised stone coped gables with ball
finials, one axial stone stack with cornice plus single wall
stack. L-plan. Single storey with attics, 4 bay front, the right
hand bay is advanced and gabled. Off-centre planked door, this
and the door to the right hand range are both covered by wooden
pent roofed hoods. The door is flanked by single 3 light glazing
bar windows and beyond to the right is a further similar window.
To first floor is a single 2 light similar window. All windoows
are C19 with chamfered ashlar lintels and cornices. The gabled
dormers have 2 light glazing bar casements and rendered cheeks.
In the right hand gable is an ashlar datestone inscribed "1619"
and in the main range an inscribed stone "1697 William Stilton".
A glebe terrier of 1708 describes this house as the Rectory, and
Stilton was vicar and master at the Grammar School. Source:
Steel, 1979.

Listing NGR: TF0010824996

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316204

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)