NHER 7144 (Building record) - Old Rectory, Thorpe St Andrew

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Summary

This building is a good 18th century brick house of five bays and three stories, with a 19th- or 20th-century stone bay window on the ground floor.

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Location

Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Old Rectory.

February 1976. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU)
Listed. Good 18th century brick house of five bays and three stories but spoilt by 19/20th century stone bay window on ground floor which destroys two bays. Pantiled.
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 February 1976. Information from record card (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

Excerpt of current Listing Description:
"Rectory, now private house. Early 18th century. Brick with pantiled roof (black glazed to rear). Rear facade: two storeys. Central door in roll moulded case with overlight. Flat hood on console brackets...Timber eaves cornice. Hipped roof with long rear slope, short front slope. Two flat dormers with casements and two symmetrical stacks. Gable heads on moulded brick kneelers. South front of two and a half storeys in five bays. Central 20th-century glazed door in timber case...19th-century canted bay with embattled parapet obscures two left bays. First floor and second floor has original sash windows with glazing bars, those to top floor reduced for half storey. Modillion eaves cornice."
Information from (S2).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S2) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 692-693.
  • <S1> Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S2> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1154429.

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Record last edited

May 23 2022 11:01PM

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