Description

TL 78 SW ERISWELL LITTLE ERISWELL

3/20 The Old Rectory

- II
3 houses, formerly rectory. C16 with major alterations of several periods
including remodelling c.1900. Hall range to right with original cross-wing;
later extensions to left. Timber framed with much encasing and under-building
in rendered masonry. The cross-wing has a jettied upper floor with exposed
joist ends on carved brackets, and false half-timbering of c.1900. Plaintiled
roof with bands of fishscale tiles and crested ridge tiles, prominent C19
dormers with false half-timbered gables and moulded wooden finials. Paired
C19 mullioned and transomed windows. A slate-roofed splayed bay to right.
C20 half-glazed entrance doors. A moulded 1st floor beam and other framing is
exposed in the cross-wing, which was extended rearwards by 2 bays in late C16
or early C17. A small staircase wing to rear has a good late C17 staircase
with moulded handrails, newels with acorn finials and turned balusters. The
extensions to left are mainly of late C19, with possible earlier core.

Listing NGR: TL7213780125

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26488487

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings