Description

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SD 45 SE
12/72

COCKERHAM
RECTORY GARDENS
The Old Rectory

(Formerly listed as The Old Rectory, Nos. 15 & 16, RECTORY GARDENS, previously listed as Nos 15 & 16 Rectory Gardens)

II
Former vicarage, converted to nursing home, now flats, 1843 designed by Edmund Sharpe. Squared sandstone with steep slate roofs. Main (east) facade formed by two parallel gabled wings with a narrow bay between them. Rear range has roof running north-south. Two storeys with attics. Windows have outer chamfer and inner hollow chamfer. Facade has two moulded string courses and is symmetrical. Under each gable is a six-light mullioned and transomed window on the ground floor, two cross windows on the first floor, and a stepped three-light mullioned attic window. The central section has a cross window on the first floor. Above is a shield carved with an open bible, and a motto: 'LUCERNA PEDIBUS'. The doorway has a moulded Tudor-arched head with 'I.D. 1843' above. It is flanked by narrow lights, each with a transom. The south facade, of four bays, has mullioned and transomed windows with similar details. The left-hand bay is gabled and projects slightly. To the right are stone attic dormers.

Listing NGR: SD4643152322

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Old Rectory at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5139583

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (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]
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)