Description

HACCOMBE-WITH-COMBE HACCOMBE
SX 87 SE

9/112 The Old Rectory

GV II

House, formerly Haccombe Rectory. Late medieval origins, probably remodelled in the
circa early C17 but substantially altered in the circa early/mid C18, late C20
extension into former outbuildings. Whitewashed rendered cob on stone rubble
footings; thatched roof, gabled at left end, hipped at right end of main range, roof
of front wing half-hipped at end ; left end stack, 2 stacks to wing, one on either
side of the ridge.
Plan: Overall L plan: a north-west facing main range with a front right wing at the
south-west end. The main range is a single depth 3 room plan arrangement with an
unheated entrance hall from which the stair rises against the front wall. The house
originated as a late medieval open hall house of jointed cruck construction with part
of a late medieval roof structure surviving over the right end, including a formerly
infilled truss indicating that the left end of the medieval house was either storeyed
or unheated. Presumably the medieval house was floored in the circa early C17 but
all signs of this phase disappeared during the subsequent early/mid C18 alterations
which provided a 3 room plan arrangement with a good set of C18 windows. The front
right wing, with the remains of some chamfered beams, is probably an C18 service
wing. C20 alterations have involved the introduction of a stair at the right end of
the range and extending the house to the right into converted single-storey
outbuildings.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:1 window front, the one window to the end of the
wing at the right. Open porch on square reeded timber posts with a 1980s panelled
front door; 2-light C18 casement with square leaded panes, lighting the stair, above
the porch ; 1 ground floor and 1 first floor C18 3-light casement to the left with
square leaded panes and timber mullions, complete with original catches. The end of
the wing, to the right, has 1 ground floor and 1 first floor C20 timber casement with
glazing bars ; C20 casement to ground floor on left return of wing. Attractive
garden (south-east) elevation with a 1980s 2-leaf glazed door in the centre into the
entrance hall, 3 first floor C18 3-light mullioned windows with casements with square
leaded panes, similar window to ground floor right, 2 C20 2-light casements to the
left with square leaded panes. The left return (the side of the wing) has 2 first
floor C20 timber casements.
Interior: Some C18 and early C19 joinery ; chamfered ceiling beams in the kitchen
wing.
Roof: 2 side-pegged jointed cruck trusses below a later roof structure, mortised at
the apex with cranked collars mortised into the principal rafters, formerly with
threaded purlins. These trusses are above the centre of the main range ; the right
hand truss is lightly blackened the left hand truss, formerly infilled with wattle
and daub, is blackened on the right side only. A probably C17 truss survives further
to the right and 3 jointed crucks form the hipped end of the house at the right, apex
of these timbers not inspected.
An interesting evolved house of medieval origins with a good set of C18 windows.

Listing NGR: SX8931170282

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618638

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)