Harlev Rectory ( da, Harlev Præstegård) is the rectory of the
Harlev
Harlev is a former railway town in Aarhus Municipality in Denmark, with a population of 3,990 as of 1 January 2022.Framlev pastorate and a
listed building
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in
Aarhus Municipality
Aarhus Municipality ( da, Aarhus Kommune), known as Århus Municipality ( da, Århus Kommune) until 2011, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.
The municipality covers an area ...
, Denmark. The rectory was completed in 1732 and was listed by the Danish Heritage Agency on 3 March 1950. Originally it was the rectory of the adjoining Gl. Harlev Church but the Harlev and Framlev pastorates have been merged so the priest today serve both parishes. The rectory is owned by the
Church of Denmark
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church, sometimes called the Church of Denmark ( da, Folkekirken, literally: "The People's Church" or unofficially da, Den danske folkekirke, literally: "The Danish People's Church"; kl, ...
along with the church itself.
Architecture
The rectory consists of 3 buildings surrounding a central
courtyard
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Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary ...
to the east, west and south. The 3 wings are typical for farms of the time. The buildings are half-timbered with whitewashed walls with exposed wooden supports and stand on a base of granite boulders. The roofs are
thatched
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with straw with a ridged roof construction in the central building and a
hip roof
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on the side wings. The main building features a
dormer window
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Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable spac ...
above the main door and a wooden cornice running the length of all three buildings.