The Old Rectory is a historic building in Bolton Abbey, a village in North Yorkshire, England.
The building was originally constructed in the 15th century, as the infirmary of Bolton Priory. In 1700, it was rebuilt as the Boyle School, a boy's grammar school endowed by Robert Boyle. The building later became a rectory, and then in the late 20th century became a private house.[1][2] It has been Grade II* listed since 1954.[3]
The house is built of stone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. It has two storeys and seven bays, with a single-storey two-bay block at right angles connected by a wall. In the centre is a full-height gabled porch containing a doorway with a rusticated surround and voussoirs, and a semicircular hood mould, above which is a four-light window and a carved tablet with a triangular hood mould. In the ground floor are cross windows with sashes, and the upper floor contains double-chamfered mullioned windows. At the rear is a six-light window with a round head and cusped lights. In the rear block is a doorway with a four-centred arched lintel.[3][4]
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References edit
- ^ Jennings, Anthony (2018). The Old Rectory. Sacristry Press. ISBN 9781910519516.
- ^ "Bolton Priory". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b "The Old Rectory". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12665-5.