Survey Data
Reg No
22104001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Athassel Rectory
Original Use
Rectory/glebe/vicarage/curate's house
In Use As
House
Date
1815 - 1820
Coordinates
200215, 138440
Date Recorded
14/06/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey former rectory with basement, built 1819, now in use as house. Two-bay south end elevation, four-bay two-storey rear elevation over half-basement and having two-bay wide two-storey projection to north end. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast rendered walls having limestone plinth course. Square-headed window openings with timber sliding sash windows, six-over-six pane to ground floor, tripartite and recessed into round-headed niches to south elevation, round-headed to north elevation and being six-over-three pane to first floor except for north elevation which are three-over-six pane, all windows having limestone sills. Replacement uPVC to basement at rear. Entrance set within recessed round-headed opening comprising carved limestone surround with panelled pilasters having heavy fluted consoles, with spoked fanlight over entablature and having square-headed door opening with timber panelled door and cut limestone steps with cast-iron railings. Ashlar limestone piers leading to courtyard. Seven-bay two-storey outbuilding with central projecting pedimented entrance bay flanked by three-bay faces with centrally-placed single window to first floor, having hipped slate roof, roughcast rendered walls, with cut limestone surround to pediment, limestone sills to openings and segmental-arched integral carriage entrance having cut limestone voussoirs. Ashlar limestone piers to road entrance with carved caps and double-leaf cast-iron gates. Coursed rubble limestone boundary walls.
Appraisal
This handsome former rectory is typical of the larger houses of this era having hipped roofs with off-centre chimneystacks and symmetrical façades. The house retains much of its original form and structure, and is of apparent architectural quality and design. The façade is enlivened by a variety of window types including tripartite and round-headed windows, the latter with spoked fanlight detail. The finely-carved doorcase is clearly the work of a skilled craftsman, adding artistic interest and giving the façade an ornate central focus. The outbuilding to the rear is unusual as it is uncommonly large and is of architectural quality of a standard not usually associated with outbuildings. The ashlar piers with ornate caps and sweeping boundary walls are skilfully carved and form and attractive roadside feature.