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Old Rectory, Bolton Abbey

Bolton AbbeyGrade II* listed buildings in North YorkshireHouses completed in 1700Houses in North YorkshireUse British English from June 2024
The Old Rectory, Bolton Abbey geograph.org.uk 4367223
The Old Rectory, Bolton Abbey geograph.org.uk 4367223

The Old Rectory is a historic building in Bolton Abbey, a village in North Yorkshire, England. The building was originally constructed in the 15th century, as the infirmary of Bolton Priory. In 1700, it was rebuilt as the Boyle School, a boy's grammar school endowed by Robert Boyle. The building later became a rectory, and then in the late 20th century became a private house. It has been Grade II* listed since 1954. The house is built of stone, with quoins, and a stone slate roof with stone copings and shaped kneelers. It has two storeys and seven bays, with a single-storey two-bay block at right angles connected by a wall. In the centre is a full-height gabled porch containing a doorway with a rusticated surround and voussoirs, and a semicircular hood mould, above which is a four-light window and a carved tablet with a triangular hood mould. In the ground floor are cross windows with sashes, and the upper floor contains double-chamfered mullioned windows. At the rear is a six-light window with a round head and cusped lights. In the rear block is a doorway with a four-centred arched lintel.

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BD23 6AL , Bolton Abbey
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