Description

SX 16 SE ST PINNOCK

4/98 Old Rectory
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- II

Rectory, now private house. Built for Rev. James Rawlings by Samuel Bone in
1836 on the site of an earlier rectory and possibly incorporates some earlier
masonry. Stuccoed stone with slate roof with hipped ends around central well.
Brick and rendered brick stacks. Almost rectangular in plan with projecting wings
on front to north-east and rear near centre. Reception rooms arranged around wide
central hallway.
2 storeys and cellars. North 3-window front, regular with right hand side set
forward. Ground floor with tall 24 pane sash on left of C20 rendered porch with
flat roof. Tall 16 pane sash in projecting wing on right. Above, two 16-pane
sashes flanking 12-pane sash. West, 3 window front, symmetrical. Ground floor with
2 tall 24-pane sashes flanking central 12-pane sash in slightly recessed bay with
segmental arch over. Above two 12-pane sashes and one 16-pane sash. All windows
(except C20 porch window) without horns and with crown glass. Granite sills to
openings.
Interior almost complete including doorcases with reeded architraves with
roundels at corners. Ornate plasterwork cornice in drawing room with acanthus
leaves. C19 marble fireplaces with arched openings on heavy brackets. Main
staircase, openstring with wreathed rail, ramped at corners and back staircase with
turned newels.
Considerable documentary evidence relating to earlier rectory consisting in
1613 or hall, kitchen and 4 chambers.
B E de St Paer-Gotch A History of St Pinnock Church and Parish rp 1983.

Listing NGR: SX1998163079

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26614587

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings