This is the second rectory, or in this case former rectory that I have seen in the Chew valley in the past few months and as one of my other Clients deals solely with the church I shall probably be asked to take the cloth before I carry out surveys on any more former diocesan property! Today I was looking at a rectory built in 1860, by a certain reverend gentleman – a gentleman with TEN daughters who built this property that, I guess, eventually reverted to the Bath & Wells Diocesan property board. I suspect that at a later date they thought it rather ‘vulgar’, maybe a tad too ostentatious for a humble village vicar, so they sold off part of the garden and then divided up the rectory into what it is today, two substantial semi-detached houses and put the vicar in a house of more mundane proportions! The present vendor has kept it probably in far better condition than were it still a church property and I found it largely sound and in good condition. It has a very large coloured glass staircase window with religious connotations over what is a magnificent staircase. The house is spacious, and fairly well laid out. It has a pleasant garden and a swimming pool, and is only a stone’s throw from the village shop. The trouble is that if I took the cloth, I would only do so if I could wear a purple shirt, or is that vestments…   more »