Listed Building: THE OLD RECTORY AND SWANWIC HOUSE AND THE OLD RECTORY UNDER KINGS ROAD (108250)

KINGS ROAD WEST 1. 5190 (south side) The Old Rectory and Swanwic House SZ 0278 NE 5/124 26.6.52 (formerly listed as The Old Rectory under Kings Road) II GV 2. Now 2 houses. The oldest part dates from the mid C17, enlarged in C18 and early C19. Various later lean-to additions. Purbeck Stone walls and roofs. The original plan form is difficult to determine owing to successive enlargements and alterations. Two storeys and attics. Gabled roofs, some with half-hips. Some double-hung sash windows some casements. Entrance door to The Old Rectory has a carved stone head dated July 10, 1667, with initials WR for William Rose - Rector at the time - possibly the builder of the house. Next to this is a fragment of medieval window tracery. These features may have been re-set. Interior considerable altered. RCHM Monument 7. Listing NGR: SZ0275678802

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Nov 1 2006 5:38PM