Description

TL 0865 PERTENHALL KIMBOLTON ROAD

10/119 The Old Rectory

7.5.52

GV II*

House, former rectory. Late C18, probable rebuilding of an earlier house, for
the Martyn family. Rainwater heads show 1799. Red brick with hipped tiled roof
behind parapet. 3 storeyed rectangular block, with later lower additions to rear.
Symmetrical front elevation has slightly projecting central bay with cyma reversa
stone pediment. Stone cornice band and coping to parapet. 1:3:1 sash windows with
glazing bars under flat arches. Central doorway has semi-circular traceried fanlight,
panelled archivolt, wood surround of panelled pilasters supporting entablatures and
open dentil pediment. Flanking windows set in shallow round-headed recesses, with
stone impost bands in line with doorway cornice. Side elevations of 3 windows, some
dummy. C19 2 storeyed chequered brick and slate roofed addition to rear W. C20
additions to rear E by Sir Albert Richardson. Interior: well staircase with circular
domed skylight and cut spandrels to stairs. Panelled reveals, doors and shutters.
Cornices with modillion and foliate designs. White marble chimney pieces.
(J. Kenworthy-Browne, "Living in a late Palladian rectory", The Connoisseur, vol 162,
pp 154-159.)

Listing NGR: TL0847265416

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532914

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)