Listed Building: THE OLD RECTORY (281274)

TL 96 SE TOSTOCK NORTON ROAD 5/171 The Old Rectory 15.11.54 -- II Former rectory; c.1800 with extensions to right and rear of early.C19. Gault brick. Hipped roof of graded Welsh slates: internal chimneys of gault brick. 2 storeys. 5 windows. Small-pane sashes with flat arches of gauged brick. At the centre bays, 4 Ionic pilasters rise through 2 storeys to support a shallow pediment. The pilaster capitals are in buff terracotta or limestone and the pediment has plain moulded woodwork. Entrance door with 8 sunk panels: above is a shallow arch in 2 orders of gauged brick, and a small semicircular fanlight has radiating bars. Interior: the front range has restrained plasterwork and joinery of c.1800: Flaxman ovals, and panels over doors. Staircase within inner hall has wrought iron balustrade. Believed to have fluted Ionic columns in one room and an Adaartype plaster ceiling in a bedroom. Early C19 addition to right of 1 + 1 windows and another, larger, to rear. To right and left are semi-elliptical screen walls about 2.5m high of gault brick with a band at mid-height: at the centre is an archway with wrought iron fencing within the lower part. Listing NGR: TL9519563872