Brief Description
Features of the Old Rectory include a lawn, long herbaceous borders, terraces and forest trees.
History
The Old Rectory has been built upon and repaired since the 14th century.
Detailed Description
The Old Rectory was the home of Mary Paley between 1850-70, the daughter of Reverend Thomas Paley, Rector of Ufford cum Bainton, who wrote about ‘the rambling old house, its front covered in red and white roses, a lawn, forest trees, long herbaceous borders and green terraces of the wonderful Victorian garden'. She subsequently married Alfred Marshall, the economist, and spent the later years of her life at Balliol Croft, 6 Madingley Road in Cambridge.- Features
- Herbaceous Border
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- Lawn
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- House (featured building)
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- Authorities
Civil Parish
- Ufford
- History
Detailed History
The rectory has a 19th-century external appearance but conceals 14th-century roof timbers inside.Period
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- References
Contributors
Cambridgeshire Gardens Trust