The Old Rectory, St Columb Major

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The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory, St Columb Major is located in Cornwall
The Old Rectory, St Columb Major
Location within Cornwall
General information
Architectural styleVictorian Gothic Revival
Town or citySt Columb Major
CountryEngland
Coordinates50°26′16″N 4°56′32″W / 50.4378°N 4.9422°W / 50.4378; -4.9422Coordinates: 50°26′16″N 4°56′32″W / 50.4378°N 4.9422°W / 50.4378; -4.9422
Construction started1849
Completed1851
ClientRev Dr Samuel Walker
Design and construction
ArchitectWilliam White (architect)

The Old Rectory is a grade II* listed Victorian moated Rectory, located on the banks of the River Menalhyl in St Columb Major, in Cornwall, England. It is a major work by the architect William White.[1] However, the house is currently neglected and in a severe state of disrepair and suffering from water damage.

Commissioned by Dr Samuel Walker, Rector of St Columb, following speculation that the proposed Cornish bishopric would be based at St Columb. It was built in 1851, on the site of a 14th-century moated medieval house. It is an asymmetrical plan rectory in a Gothic revival style.[2]

Over the years it has undergone a range of alterations. After undergoing several uses in the past it is currently privately owned and unoccupied.[3]

In 2011 it was listed by The Victorian Society as one Britain's most endangered buildings.[4]

After years of inaction by Cornwall Council the Victorian Society launched a petition in 2015 to save the building. Photos in 2015 show the shocking state of neglect and water damage to the building.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1144096)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050113114803/http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/265.html. Archived from the original on January 13, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Owner of historic St Columb building is jailed | Cornish Guardian". Thisiscornwall.co.uk. 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  4. ^ "The Old Rectory, Columb Major". Victoriansociety.org.uk. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
  5. ^ "Abandoned Gothic Revival House in Cornwall". Markpearson.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
Old Rectory Mews Home Park

Reading list[]

  • Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014) Cornwall. (The Buildings of England.) New Haven: Yale University Press; pp. 523-24
  • Hals, William, (1740) The Compleat History of Cornwall
  • Henderson, Charles (1930) St Columb Major, Church and Parish; p. 9
  • King, Cathcart & James, David (1983) Castellarium Anglicanum: an Index and Bibliography of the Castles in England, Wales and the Islands. London: Kraus International Publications; Volume I, p. 9
  • Polsue, Joseph (1867) A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall Truro: William Lake; London: John Camden Hotten, 1867–72, Vol. 1, p. 227
  • Salter, Mike (1999) The Castles of Devon and Cornwall. Malvern: Folly Publications; p. 35

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