Listed Building: THE OLD RECTORY (1333212)

Villa. c1825. Stuccoed. Welsh slate hipped roof, rendered stack to left and right. 2 storeys, attic to rear, 3 bays, centre bay projects. Facing Havant Road at centre is a 2-leaf margin glazed French casement set within shallow bow with projecting trellised verandah with tented roof, cornice and blocking course with rounded terminal caps. On left and right is a 12-pane sash each set in round-headed recess with wreath ornamentation in tympanum. On first floor are three 12-pane sashes, projecting bracketed eaves. Centre bay has facing pediment. On right return, 6 bays wide, are 2 blinded windows, then a 6-panelled door with radial glazed fanlight set under segmental arch; open projecting porch with segmented arches, pilasters and square columns, cornice and blocking course; on right two 12-pane sashes. Left return also has entrance with segmental headed porch. INTERIOR not inspected. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 116; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Lloyd DW: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Harmondsworth: 1967-: 467). Selected Sources Book Reference - Author: Lloyd, D W - Title: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs - Date: 1974 - Page References: 116 Book Reference - Author: Pevsner, N - Title: The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - Date: 1967 - Page References: 467