Description

NY 24 SW BOLTONS Boltongate

6/24 The Rectory

II

Rectory, now private house. Probably early C15 with early C17 and 1889
extensions. Cement rendered walls, with red sandstone string course and raised
quoins, on chamfered plinth. Graduated greenslate roof with coped gables and
kneelers; rendered chimney stacks. Low 2-storey, single-bay fortified vicarage
to left; high C19 projecting 2-storey, 2-bay extension in centre with lower
2-storey, 3-bay C17 range to right. Fortified vicarage has extremely thick
walls. End doorway has rendered-over shouldered arch. Small ground floor slit
vent and upper floor sash window to rear. Centre portion has top-glazed
panelled door and sash windows under hoodmoulds. Right portion has C20 door and
similar windows. Upper-floor central window is smaller and is probably
original. Interior: old part has barrel-vaulted lover chamber with blocked
newel stair. Upper floor room has inside walls showing original steeply-pitched
roof line. Central portion is wholly C19. Interior of right portion has
Tudor-arched doorway from probable cross-passage. Inglenook with stone hood and
heck partition. Garage adjoining to right is not of interest.

Listing NGR: NY2296340636

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26437443

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)