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A gravel driveway leads between a brick boundary wall and tall trees towards a house with windows under a clear blue sky.

Old Rectory Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Old Rectory, Church Road, Little Wilbraham

History of Old Rectory

Listed Building

House, formerly the rectory, built late in Cl8 with a contribution from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 1802 the front elevation was remodelled and the house re-roofed. Other alterations took place at the end of the C19 and in the 1960s and 1970s. … Charles Lamb a friend of Rev William Butt, Rector of Little Wilbraham is believed to have stayed here on a number of occasions.

Brewhouse and bakehouse, late C18 or early C19 of grey brick, repaired in red brick to one side wall.

Coach-house and stables, late C18 or early C19 and probably contemporary with the garden wall and brewhouse and bakery.

Wall, late C18 or early C19. Grey brick in English bond. Crinkle-crankle of approximately ten undulations.

A long, weathered brick wall built of varied light-toned masonry curves alongside a paved roadside under a clear blue sky.

Old Rectory Little Wilbraham (RGL2025)

Building dates

  • Built by 1802
Source for this date
  • Built by 1802: Listed building: by 1802 (grade II)

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