Description

WHITNEY ON WYE CP WHITNEY ON WYE
SO 24 NE
5/116 Wardour House
- II
Rectory, now house. Circa 1735, with mid-C19 alterations. Coursed dressed
rubble with ashlar dressings and steeply-pitched hipped slate roof, rubble
end chimneys and rear chimney with brick stacks. Two storeys and attic with
dormers; three-course bands at storey levels. 2:1:2 bays; central bay is
gabled and projects slightly. Windows on main storeys have wedge lintels with
raised dropped keyblocks, ashlar sills, and are all 12-pane sashes. There
are two gabled dormers with moulded bargeboards and 4-pane sashes and within
the central gable is a keyed oculus. The central entrance has a flat timber
canopy on straight timber brackets and a 6-panelled door (two upper panels
are glazed). There is a lean-to outshut adjoining the right side elevation
and a continuous lean-to outshut at rear. Built to replace the former
rectory destroyed in the floods of 1735.

Listing NGR: SO2681147452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26588780

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback