Listed Building: THE OLD RECTORY (103677)

TARRANT GUNVILLE ST 9212 VILLAGE STREET (South side) 9/49 The Old Rectory (formerly listed as 14.7.55 The Rectory) GV II Rectory, now private house. c.1800 for Francis Simpson, rector. Banded flint and ashlar with tiled roof of 2-parallel ranges. Flint and ashlar stucks variously disposed. Square plan with 3-symmetrical 3 bay facades. 3 storeys. Sashes of 6-panes to the upper floor and 12-panes below. Central gabled porch with round headed arch containing fanlight and a panelled door. Tiled garage attached to right. Internal features (RCHM): stone stairs to first floor level with moulded nosing and plain timber balustrades; stairs above first floor of wood with Tuscan column newel-posts; ground-floor rooms have moulded plaster cornices and marble fireplace surrounds; original bookcases in study. (RCHM, Dorset, vol.IV, p.94, no.4. Newman, J. and Pevsner, N. The Buildings of England: Dorset, 1972, p.417.) Listing NGR: ST9261412713

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