Description

SS9146 SELWORTHY CP SELWORTHY VILLAGE

26/110 Crossacres and The Old Rectory
(formerly listed as 2 separate
items)
22.5.69

GV II

Rectory, now 2 private dwellings. C16 in origin, extensively altered late C19 and mid C20. Roughcast over rubble,
setback buttresses west end and south-west corner, slate roofs, external stack west gable end, south gable, lateral
stack east side. L-plan, parallel range of dairy east end, subsequently raised to 2 storeys, stair turret north east
corner. Two storeys, 3:2 bays south front, left full height gabled bay, 3-light right, gabled 4-light beyond, all C20,
gable front south end with 2-light ogee headed casement in place of earlier entrance to right of stack, raised dairy
end, oriel window with ogee light, C20 door with side lights below, 4-bay west front, left return with ogee headed
lights under hoodmoulds. Extensively altered internally and externally buttress only early feature now surviving, but
early-mid C19 model at the Old Rectory shows house prior to alterations; entered on north front through full height
gabled porch flanked by lateral stacks, 3-bay rear elevation, 3-bay south front, single storey dairy and stair turret
on east elevation. A rare example of a vernacular house with a model surviving from previous century.

Listing NGR: SS9187946722

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26629052

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)