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The Rectory — Parson Street

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The Rectory — Parson Street
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Detached seven-bay two-storey over raised basement former rectory, built 1726, originally five-bay on a symmetrical plan retaining early fenestration with door opening approached by flight of steps. Extended, c.1880, comprising two-bay two-storey over raised basement end bay to south-west (completing seven-bay front). Now disused. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Rendered chimney stacks. Overhanging timber eaves. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast walls. Unpainted. Shallow segmental-headed window openings (blind to side elevation to north-east). Stone sills. 6/6 timber sash windows to original portion. 2/2 timber sash windows to additional range. Square-headed window opening over entrance in tripartite arrangement. Rendered surround with entablature and blocking course. 3/6 timber sash window (1/2 sidelights). Square-headed door opening in tripartite arrangement approached by flight of nine cut-stone steps having iron railings. Rendered surround with entablature and blocking course. Timber panelled door. Sidelights. Set back from road in own landscaped grounds. Gravel drive to front. Lawns to site.Detached two-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1730, to west. Reroofed, c.1950. Gable-ended roof. Replacement corrugated-iron. Iron ridge tiles. Cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Openings not visible.Detached two-bay single-storey outbuilding, c.1730, to north-east possibly originally gate lodge. Hipped roof with slate. Clay ridge tiles. Roughcast walls over rubble stone construction. Unpainted. Openings not visible.Gateway, c.1730, to north comprising pair of rendered piers with moulded capping having wrought iron double gates with spear-head finials.

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