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An utterly charming old rectory in the village where Sir Christopher Wren grew up

Britain’s greatest-ever architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was the rector’s son in East Knoyle, where he was born and grew up. And while that even older rectory is now long gone, the Old Rectory that followed it is still there — and now it’s seeking a new owner.

Dr Christopher Wren was rector of the Wiltshire village of East Knoyle for 20 years and it was during that time that his son, the future astronomer, geometrician, physicist, mathematician and architect, was…

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