Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Part one. Prologue -- Chapter 1. The appeal of the old rectory -- Chapter 2. The great twentieth-century sell-off -- Part two. The history -- Chapter 3. The parsonage in the parish -- the historical background -- Chapter 4. The parsonage and the Church institutions -- Part three. The architecture -- Chapter 5. What counts as a parsonage? -- Chapter 6. More about parsonages -- Chapter 7. Parsonages through the ages -- Chapter 8. The finest parsonages -- Chapter 9. The architects -- Chapter 10. The curiosities -- Part four. The present -- Chapter 11. Church law and the parsonage -- Chapter 12. Why the great sell-off? -- Part five. The legacy -- Chapter 13. The house -- Chapter 14. the people -- Part six. The future -- Chapter 15. The working parsonage -- Chapter 16. The old rectory -- Chapter 17. Final thoughts.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Pevsner described the pairing of church and parsonage as a feature of the English village unparalleled on the Continent. John Betjeman saw the design of rectories and vicarages as highly influential on our architecture. Forsaken by the Church but coveted by the private buyer, this is the story of these quintessentially English houses, with their combination of fine architecture, charm and character, large gardens and often splendidly rural locations. The Old Rectory examines their history, their evolution through the centuries, their many and varied styles of architecture, and their place in our heritage. It also explores the contribution made to our culture by the clerical families who once occupied these houses, and the famous people and eccentrics who have been associated with them. Finally, it considers their current role, and what the future might hold.
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Title
Old rectory.
International Standard Book Number
9780826426581
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Architecture, Domestic-- England-- History.
Clergy-- Dwellings-- England-- History.
Parsonages-- England-- History.
Parsonages-- England, Pictorial works.
Parsonages-- Social aspects-- England.
Architecture, Domestic.
Parsonages.
RELIGION-- Christian Ministry-- Pastoral Resources.