rectory

Converse of object

• ring: Please contact Canon Michael or ring the Rectory for more information.
• build: The area abounds with similar rectories built in this period.
• hold: Newman, who held the rectory 45 years, and died in 1837.
• value: The benefice is a rectory valued in the King's Book at £ 7 7s.

Preposition: in

• diocese: The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon.
• patronage: The Living is a rectory in the patronage of the Duke of Cornwall; and the tithes are commuted at £ 250.

Adjective modifier

• Georgian: There are case studies from people who have renovated everything from a working windmill to a Georgian rectory.
• Victorian: The fine example of a Victorian Rectory dated 1876 stands in secluded grounds with mature trees which provide a haven for wildlife.
• former: The property was the former Rectory to North Walsham Parish Church.
• old: See the sign to the plaque in the wall where the old rectory stood.
• present: The present rectory was built by the late Canon Sir John Hobart Culme Seymour, who was rector from 1830 to 1880.
• new: Borley's new rectory was built on the very spot where an old mansion had once stood.

Modifies a noun

• manor: He became very wealthy and bought the rectory manor of Penistone which he bestowed on Godfrey.
• cottage: Rectory Cottage is en route for the Cambrian Way and the Marches Way.
• garden: New houses now stand where the rectory garden used to be.
• house: The rectory gate house could have been demolished at the time the new Mermaid was built.
• farm: Rectory Farm is a large thatched farmhouse at the bottom of the street on the right hand side.
• ground: The Horticultural Society's annual show is held in the Rectory ground on August 23rd.

Noun used with modifier

• sinecure: The parish church of Hackney was a sinecure rectory, ( fn.
• century: Antique lovers will feel at home at Egerton Gray, a former 17th century Rectory.