Description

MAWGAN-IN-PYIIAR ST MAWGAN
SW 86 NE
1/75 The Old Rectory
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GV II*

Rectory, now house. Circa 1858, with few later alterations; by William Butterfield.
Slatestone rubble with granite dressings. Steeply pitched slate roof with crested
ridge tiles and gable ends. Gable end and axial stacks in squared stone with shaped
tops.
Plan: A typical purpose-built rectory plan. 2 staggered parallel ranges with a cross
wing at the left end and a 2-storey porch in the angle at the front. Double depth
house, with entrance to large entrance hall; there is a study to front left and
drawing room to rear left.
Dining room to rear centre and the stair to right. From the entrance hall is a
passage leading to the service rooms, to rear right, with service stair. High
Victorian Gothic style.
Exterior: Asymmetrical 2-storey front with a gable end to left, 2-storey porch off-
centre to left and range to right, which has a parallel rear range for the service
rooms. There is a small sunken service yard at the right side a range of single
storey outhouses. The gable end to left has extenal stack, with granite quoins and
corbelled string at first floor; chamfered plinth. 2-storey gabled porch with 2-
centred arched outer doorway and buttresses to sides with chamfered string course
above. 4-light trefoil-headed window to each side. Inner 2-centred arched chamfered
doorway with panelled and half-glazed double doors, 2-centred arched fanlight. At
first floor a second string course and 2-light window with 8-pane sashes with
shouldered heads. Raised coped verges and cast iron finial. There were formerly
cast iron gates across the outer opening of the porch, and the side windows would
have been unglazed. To right there are paired 8-pane sashes with shouldered heads
lighting the stair and at ground floor a pair of small 4-pane sashes; to right an 8-
pane sash at ground floor and one at first floor in a shallow raking dormer.
The left side is the garden front. The study to right has 3-light window, the
central light taller, with 4-centred arch and hood mould; weathered buttress to right
and left. At first floor a 2-light window with shouldered 8-pane sashes, with a
steep gable over. To left a canted bay with 2-centred arched plate-glass sashes,
stone roof with battlements. At the right side there are 2 gable ends, the one to
right slightly advanced. To left, 4-pane sash at ground floor and two 4-pane sashes
at first floor; plank door with strap hinges and 2-centred chamfered arch. To right
there is one pointed arched sash at ground floor and 2 at first floor. The range of
outhouses is in an L-plan with doors and 4-pane lights, forming a lower service yard
approached by stone steps. One retains a boiling copper. At the rear, the gable end
to right has paired plate-glass sash at ground floor with hood mould; first floor has
paired sashes with blind 2-centred arches over and recessed trefoil with hood mould.
Raised coped verges with cross finial. The middle range to left has 2 paired and a
central single sash at first floor under swept eaves; ground floor has four 8-pane
sashes to left, 2 paired plate-glass sashes with central buttress and hood mould
lighting the dining room.
Interior: The house retains a complete set of Gothic 8-panelled doors to the main
rooms and 6-panelled doors to service rooms. The entrance hall has similar dado
panelling. The stair is a dog-leg, with a panelled screen with twisted balusters,
which may be a later alteration. The study has marble chimney-piece with quatrefoil
and wooden mantel; pelmet to window with pierced quatrefoils and panelled shutters.
The drawing room has similar marble chimney-piece and panelled shutters; both rooms
have a wainscot in 2 tiers, each chamfered, with wooden cornices. The dining room
has similar chimney-piece and dado panelling. The door to the service corridor is
flat in the outer side, probably originally covered with green baize; this leads to
the kitchen, pantry and scullery, the rear room with bread oven with cast iron door
and slate floor and slate shelves. There is a stone stair to the cellar, which has
vaults, one with a pointed arch. Service stair is a dog-leg, with chamfered
balusters and finials.
This is a good example of a simple Butterfield rectory, with external architectural
detail and good internal joinery carried throughout the house. The chimney-pieces
are simple, but of high design quality.
Sources: Thompson, P.: William Butterfield 1971.

Listing NGR: SW8748965920

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17534746

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