Description

WITNEY CHURCH GREEN
SP3509S (South side)
11/79 The Old Rectory and attached
14/05/52 wall
(Formerly listed as The Rectory)
GV II*

Rectory, now schoolbuilding of Henry Box School (q.v.). 1723, for Reverend
Robert Friend. Ashlar front; hipped stone slate roof; stone ashlar ridge stacks.
Double-depth plan. Early Georgian style. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range.
Segmental-arched and raised architraves to early C18 eight-panelled door with
overlight, mid C19 two-pane sashes and horned mid C19 first-floor 4-pane sashes.
Arms of Jonathon Trelawney, Bishop of Winchester (1702-21), carved above door.
Raised pilaster strips; storey band; 5 flat-relief aprons below moulded parapet.
3 gabled roof dormers with mid/late C19 casements. Rear: similar elevation with
semi-circular arched stair-light. Left side wall has 2 square bay windows with
moulded cornices and mid C19 tripartite sashes; of 4-window range, with similar
segmental-arched architraves to first-floor horned sashes. Right side wall has
similar architraves. Mid C18 flat-roofed coach-house to right has keyed
segmental arch over 6-pane sash with thick glazing bars, above blocked
segmental-arched entry. Interior: early C18 panelled doors. Fine panelled room
to left; dentilled cornice to right. Hall has semi-circular-arched doorway with
fluted pilasters and fanlight to rear stair-light which has early C19 plaster
medallion depicting harpist. Fine dog-leg with landing stairs has panelled dado
with fluted pilasters, scrolled brackets, 3 turned balusters to each tread and
moulded handrail with wreathed end. First floor: room to right has panelled dado
and early C18 fireplace with stone surround; room to rear right has quarter-turn
service stairs with turned balusters on closed string; room to rear left has
fielded panelling and fine fireplace with eared architrave and medallions to
frieze.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.847; National Monuments Record)

Listing NGR: SP3558009236

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532260

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)