Description

NZ 44 NW HAWTHORN HESLEDON LANE
(West side)

4/24 The Rectory

II

House, former rectory. Dated 1868. Limestone ashlar, steeply-pitched Welsh slate
roofs. Double-depth square plan with central staircase. Tudor revival style.
2 storeys, 3 x 2 bays. Entrance front: single bay and 2 slightly projecting bays
including a cross-gabled bay to right. Chamfered plinth. Central door with 2-pane
overlight and datestone under stepped hoodmould. Ovolo-moulded mullioned-and-
transomed windows. Ground floor 6-light window in left bay under hoodmould. Cross-
gabled bay has 2-storey canted bay window with 3-light window above. String course
divides storeys. Gable parapets have chamfered stone copings and kneelers with
ball finials. 2 ridge stacks with chamfered banding and one cross-axial stack.
Gabled left return and 2-bay right return with mullioned-and-transomed windows
of 4 and 6 lights. Interior has a 4-flight dogleg staircase with 2 stick balusters
per tread.

Detached ancillary buildings to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: NZ4176545807

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525585

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)