Description

TL 4860-4960 FEN DITTON CHURCH STREET
(West Side)

18/2 No.1 (The Old
31.8.62 Rectory)

GV II*

House, formerly the rectory. C16 and C17 with early C18
rebuilding and late C19 additions. Timber framed, C18 red brick
and C19 gault brick painted. Plain tile roofs. Central range
two storeys and attics, north cross wing of two storeys and
kitchen wing of one and two storeys, south wing two storeys.
South-east elevation. Main range of five 'bays' with end
stacks. Five, hipped, casement dormer windows. Deep wooden
modillioned eaves cornice, brick band between floors. Five
first floor casement windows with original wooden mullioned and
transomed frames. Four twelve-pane ground floor hung sash
windows, two to right hand with C18 glazing bars. Central door
with six fielded-panels and patterned oval fanlight, with modern
pediment supported by console brackets. Interior details to
main range early C18, includes two staircases and bolection
moulded panelling and door architraves. Exposed timber frame in
south wing of original jettied building. The original building
was possibly refronted and the main range widened during the
incumbancy of Dr Davis, Master of Queen's, and rector 1711-32.
R.C.H.M.: East Cambs p.57, mon. 4.

Listing NGR: TL4823760417

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17544401

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2