Description

SU 08 SW BRINKWORTH THE STREET
(south side)

10/18 The Old Rectory
(formerly listed as The Rectory)
12.12.51

II

Former Rectory, now rest home. Late C18 core with late C19
alterations and additions and further additions in 1936. Ivy-clad
brick to C18 block, some half-timbering and plaster to C19 addition
and coursed rubble to 1936 wing; stone slate roofs, that to C18
block hipped. Tall brick stacks and one east end stone stack. L-
shaped plan with C18 range to left, 1936 wing to right and late C19
additions to rear. Two-storey C18 block with sash fenestration:
paired 18-pane sashes to ground floor, paired 8-pane to upper. Two
and 3-light sash fenestration to 1936 wing; one gabled dormer and
gabled end bay with concrete facing tiles. Glazed conservatory in
the angle with C18 block supported on Roman Doric columns. West
front has 1936 segmental hood on brackets and 6-panel door with
spoked semicircular fanlight. Leaded pane glazing to late C19
window to right and half-timbering to left.
Interior. Early C19 marble chimneypiece in ground floor room to
left in C18 block.

Listing NGR: SU0152784450

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26645725

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Care and Repair