Description

ECTON CHURCH WAY
SP8263 (North side)
18/73 Ecton House
28/05/54 (Formerly listed as The
Church House)

GV II*

Rectory, now conference centre and rectory. c.1693 for John Palmer and date
plaque P.W.M./1778. Lias ashlar with slate roof laid to diminishing courses.
Double-depth plan. Entrance front of 7-window range arranged 1:5:1.
Nine-panelled door is one bay to right of centre. Fanlight has intersecting
glazing bars. Sash windows with glazing bars, some with crown glass and narrow
wooden pilasters forming architraves. Curved stone lintels with keyblocks and
foliage decoration to first floor centre window. 3-bay trellis verandah to
centre on raised stone terrace. Rusticated quoins, and flat string courses
between floors. Lead date plaque to left of entrance. Curved cornice and 3
flat-topped roof dormers. Hipped roof with stone stacks at ridge corners. Late
C18 single-storey, 2-window range extensions to left and right of main front
have sash windows under flat stone arches with plain panelled parapet above.
Range of late C17 buildings attached to rear left have ashlar gable parapets.
Rear and side elevations have some leaded cross windows and circular staircase
windows. Interior: hall has open fireplace with moulded wood surround having a
broken pediment with a bust of John Palmer by Rysbrack similar to that in the
Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Ecton (q.v.). Late C17 staircase with half-landing
and turned balusters. Fielded-panelled dado to hall and staircase and applied
panelling to staircase walls. Some 6-panelled doors and panelled window reveals.
Armorial glass to Palmer family in staircase windows.

Listing NGR: SP8284463613

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545642

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (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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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)