Description

STONEY STANTON NOCK VERGES
SP 49 SE

3/10000 The Old Rectory

GV II

Rectory. 1841-44. By Henry Goddard (Brandwood and Cherry). Red brick
in Flemish bond; stucco and ashlar dressings; Welsh slate and tile
roofs. 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay entrance front in Tudor Revival
style; twin wings to rear. Chamfered plinth. Gabled porch to centre
has recessed, part-glazed door in Tudor-arched surround; hoodmould
with decorative stops; coped gable. Flanking windows are set in
shallow projections with gables: canted, 1-storey bay windows have
sashes of 1:2:1 lights with horizontal glazing bars and corniced
wooden surrounds on brick plinths. Matching fenestration to first
floor windows of 3-lights with projecting sills and bonded surrounds;
blank shield to each gable; shaped ashlar kneelers to stuccoed parapet
with copings. 2-light window over porch has hoodmould with carved
stops. Twin-flue end stacks each with plinth, band and blue-brick top.
Right return: late C19 canted bay with French window; 3-light cast-
iron Gothic window above; similar 6-light window to ground-floor right
in altered opening. Rear wings have ridge stacks as front.
Interior (not fully inspected): paved stair-hall with open-string
staircase having square newel and plain balustrade which sweeps round
without a half-landing. 6-panel doors in broad architraves. Simple
marble fireplace in front -left room has tiled, cast-iron inset. A
stop-chamfered beam in room with 6-light Gothic window is of earlier
origin.
'Men of Property. The Goddards and Six Generations of Architecture',
G.Brandwood and M Cherry.

Listing NGR: SP4893894874

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26347520

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Recommended Books

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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)