Description

NY 6813 ASBY GREAT ASBY

15/9 Old Rectory
(formerly listed as
6.2.68 Great Asby Rectory)

II*

Private house (Rectory up to 1983). 2 storey 'U'-shaped plan under graduated
slate roof with stepped stone chimneys and stone copings. North end C14,
possibly a Solar rather than a tower-house. Squared, coursed rubble with quoins
on massive plinth. Remains of earlier copings show roof was once more steeply
pitched than at present. Single square-headed C17 mullioned 2-light window with
hoodmould to ground floor on north and east sides (north has cavetto moulding);
three similar 3-light windows under continuous hoodmould to 1st floor north are
C19. Pointed window to 1st floor east is C14 with 2 trefoil-headed lights
(quatrefoil between), mullion, transom, and hoodmould. Access to barrel-
vaulted undercroft through dog-legged passage on south side (now within 1834
rear extension); both original doorways survive with pointed heads and chamfered
surrounds (outer has hoodmould). In 1983 a C14 deeply-splayed slit window was
discovered inside undercroft in middle of north wall; 1st floor has large late
C17/early C18 stone fireplace with false 4-centred arch and moulded shelf. Main
block of slobbered rubble, probably C17 (replacement of earlier building) with
inserted C19 doorcase and 2 sashes on east side; square head of stair window on
west side re-used C14 (with 2 ogee lights) from church. South block of snecked
rubble added 1866; sashes to north and east walls, 2-light gothic revival window
to 1st floor east. (All C19 sashes are without glazing bars and most have
hoodmoulds). 1670 wooden lock presented to Rectory by Anne Countess of Pembroke
(mentioned in R.C.H.M. & previous list) now (1983) kept in Parish Church.

Listing NGR: NY6804713154

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17543862

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)