Store Tåstrup Rectory ( Danish: Store Tåstrup Præstegård) is a three-winged, half-timbered rectory located east of Store Tåstrup Church, just north of Store Merløse,

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, some 50 km west of central

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. Together with its three-winged home farm (''avlsgård''), which is located between the rectory and the church, it surrounds a large rectangular courtyard. Access to the courtyard and hence the main entrance of the rectory is through a gateway in the home farm. The rectory was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. The home farm is not listed but registered with "high preservation value".

History

The right of patronage to the churches in Store Tåstrup and Ugerløse was in 1693 granted to

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, Landgrave of Laurvig (20 July 1638 – 17 April 1704) was the illegitimate son of Frederick III of Denmark-Norway. A good relationship to his half brother, Christian V, secured him a position as one of the leading stat ...

. In 1797, Jacob Hansen Wulf was appointed as parish priest. On 8 February 1698, Wulf was married to Johanne Marie Brinch. Her father was the owner of the nearby Mølleborup estate. The new rectory was built in 1701 to a design similar to that of Mølleborup. The two side wings are somewhat younger. The size of the home farm testifies to the economical and social position that the pastor enjoyed in the local community at the time of its construction. The church and associated rectory was in 1808 acquired by count Frederik Knuth and placed under

Merløsegaard Merløsegaard is a manor house located 9 kilometres north of Ringsted, close to the village of Store Merløse, Holbæk Municipality, some sixty kilometres southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. Merløsegaard and nearby Bonderup are owned by Den Suhrske ...

. The church gained its independence in 1918. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950. It was modernized in 1972. In 2019, Store Tåstrup Rectory was reported to be badly hit by mould.

Architecture

The three-winged rectory is yellow-washed with red painted timber framing and gables. The roof is thatched and the roof of the main wing has a thatched dormer above the main entrance. The door is painted green with red details and the year "1701" is written above it. On the other (east) side of the building towards the garden is a two-winged door. The doors in the two side wings have carved relief decorations on their lower parts.

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