Mucklestone - Old Rectory from South 2015-06-22

Seen from the churchyard. According to the list description, the right-hand section is C17, re-faced c.1730 (although I wonder myself whether this work could be somewhat earlier),* with a late C19 Gothic doorway inserted, and a partial rebuilding of c.1820-30 on the left.

* To complicate things further, the rector applied in 1749 for permission to enlarge the house, apparently mostly at the rear, commenting that "thro’ length of time some part of" the house was "very much decayed and Dilapidated." His plans envisaged moving the door from the centre of the façade, between the two pilaster strips, to its current location: lichfieldbawdycourts.wordpress.com/2020/01/10/faculty-friday-mucklestone-rectory .