Ovingdean Rectory, Ovingdean (IoE Code 480795)

Ovingdean Rectory is a clergy house at Ovingdean,

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. The building was built from 1804 to 1807, replacing an earlier rectory described as "a mean, thatched parsonage-house" in a letter to

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s on the southern and western exterior. It is adjacent to St Wulfran's Church. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. The coach house to the rectory is listed Grade II.

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