|
|
||||||||
News |
|||||||||
|
The latest newsletter (no 50, September 2023) is here.
Breaking News: 6/09/2023 Officers of the Council propose to sell the Old Rectory. The decision was to be made at the Strategy and Resources Committee on 25th September. CORA wrote to the officer in charge, the leader of the Council and local Carshalton Councillors to object to the sale. We also contacted our members and the wider public via our newsletter, Facebook page - and a handout leaflet distributed at the recent Eco Fair. We have recently been informed that the Leader of the Council and the Carshalton ward Councillors have asked for the item to be removed from the Strategy and Resources Committee agenda. In order to meet everyone’s concerns, they want more time to properly consider the options available. A meeting with CORA will then be arranged to discuss the best way to proceed. For the time being, the decision has been deferred. We have a breathing space but, everything now depends on finding a suitable use for the house and a safe pair of hands to care for it.
A History of the Old Rectory
The Old Rectory is now Grade II* listed The Old Rectory was grade II listed in 1954 without any reference to the interior which was usual at that time. We thought that the listing under estimated the importance of the building as much of the inside is well preserved so we decided to ask Historic England to review the listing. In the course of preparing our case it became clear that very few purpose built rectories survive from the early 18th century which added to importance of the building. It took Historic England a long time to review the listing but they accepted our case and the building has now been upgraded to II*. This improves the protection of the building. Planning applications for II* structures have to go to Historic England and will be more closely scrutinised.
Information wanted Do you have any photos of the Old Rectory, particularly interior images? Do you have any recollections of house from the end of WWII up to today? Contact us with any snippets of information.
|
|
|||||||
Contact The best way to contact us is by email: savetheoldrectory@gmail.co.uk
|
|||||||||
Copyright Carshalton Old Rectory Association |