Description

SP 62 SE GRENDON UNDERWOOD EDGCOTT ROAD

1/76 The Old Rectory (formerly
listed as The Rectory)
25.10.51

GV II

House. 1762. Brown and vitreous brick with red brick quoins and
window surrounds. Brick plinth, moulded wooden eaves' cornice with
modillions. Hipped old tile roof. 2 storeys, basement and attic,
5 bays. Ground floor has 2 Venetian windows with architrave arches
and cornices on Doric pilasters. First floor has 3-pane sashes with gauged
brick heads. 3 hipped dormers with old leaded cross casements and
moulded wooden cornices. 2 segmental arches in plinth, the right with
2-light window to basement. Centre has 5 stone steps leading to
6-panelled door with semi-circular radiating fanlight in architrave arch
and open pediment on Doric pilasters. Later C18 red brick wing to rear
of left bays has similar wooden eaves' cornice. C19 additions to right
at rear. Left side has C19-C20 canted bay windows.

Listing NGR: SP6773121035

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452235

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)