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CASTLE BYTHAM GLEN ROAD SK 9818-9918 (east side) 16/57 No.26, (Rectory Farmhouse) II Farmhouse. C15, mid C16, C17, C18, C20 alterations. Coursed limestone rubble, ashlar quoins and dressings. Collyweston steeply pitched tall slate roof. Single gable and large central wall stacks. T-plan. 2 storey, 4 irregular bay south front, the bays advanced and separately gabled. Off-centre panelled double doors to right, a 3 light mullioned window and a small fixed light. To first floor a small 2 light leaded casement, beyond to the right a 3 light casement, between them is a through eaves 4 light gabled dormer mullioned window, with moulded cornice. In the left gable end is a pointed opening with chamfered reveal, now with a C20 door. In the rear wall is the stub of a wall stack and to the ground floor a 6 light mullioned window with king mullion and cornice. Inside at the service end of the former hall are 2 C15 ashlar arches with chamfered reveals and hacked off strip mouldings. The clasped purlin roof over the hall has some soot blackened timbers re-used in it. In the C17, the hall was lined with oak wainscot in 4 tiers of vertical panels with lying panel over them forming a frieze under a cornice. Chamfered and stopped girders throughout. Source: D. L Roberts. Listing NGR: SK9894718914

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