The Old Rectory Museum
The Old Rectory Museum, Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1320404
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1965
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory Museum
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Rectory Museum, Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1320404
- Date first listed:
- 15-Mar-1965
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 05-Nov-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Rectory Museum
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Old Rectory Museum, Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Old Rectory Museum, Rectory Place, Loughborough, LE11 1UW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Charnwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK5371920009
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 01/10/2019
SK 5319 NE and SK 52 SW
10/82 and 2/82
RECTORY PLACE (north side)
The Old Rectory Museum
(formerly listed as The Old Rectory, previously listed as The Rectory)
15.3.65
II*
Two bays of medieval hall-house, now ruinous, with part of lower end rebuilt as museum. Late C13 or early C14 and later. Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. Walls thickened, perhaps in C16 - cross passage doors (and probably also the windows) had two-centred arches to exterior, four-centred to interior. Lower end, three arched doorways (central one mutilated) into service area linked by ashlar surround, with fine geometrical traceried spandrels. Low cusped-headed doorway leading to staircase on right. Left-hand return front of lower end incorporates some old timbers arranged when this block was rebuilt as museum in the 1960s. At rear, part of ashlar surround to doorway opposite central opening from hall survives, below coping for gable of building beyond, presumably kitchen. Single-light cusped opening to first floor. The Rectory was enlarged at later dates - notably after a fire in 1826 - but in 1962 all save the medieval parts was demolished.
Listing NGR: SK5371920009
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 189453
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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