The Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building, dating back to the early 15th century. It is a hall house with a timber frame, under-built in brick, with red brick infill above, and weatherboard cladding to the first floor left and red and grey tiles. The building was designated Grade II on March 9, 1960.
This comprehensive report was commissioned by the current owners to provide dendrochronological evidence to date the primary construction phase of this building.
History changes: the coloured print was sold as an original woodcut c1901 and the black and white as an original print c1950!
This photograph, almost certainly taken during WW2, shows the garden turned over to growing vegetables for the 'Dig for Victory' campaign
This is the opening paragraph of an undated description of the house:
In 1952 the Cosford Estate was broken up and Old Parsonage Cottages were Lots 16 and 17. The annotation on the relevant pages of the sale catalogue notes that they were 'Sold to tenant' and the tenants were listed as Mr C Hoare and Mr V C Rapley respectively:
The house has attracted painters for decades past
Note the huge Chestnut tree that was in the Churchyard and now no longer with us
Mike and Amanda Roberts and family, 1997
In 2011, to celebrate the house's 600th year, Mike and Amanda hosted a birthday party and a quiz - most questions are still relevant, how many can you answer?
Edmund de Haviland won the Limerick competition!