Vicarage Of St Mary Magdalene With Yard Wall And Gateway

The Vicarage of St Mary Magdalene, along with its yard wall and gateway, was built between 1861 and 1862 by the architectural firm Walton and Robson from Durham and London. The building is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and a plinth, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The Gothic-style vicarage features a main block that is two storeys high with two bays under front gables. To the left is a service wing that has two lower storeys and two bays, while a one-storey extension also to the left has two bays.

The entrance includes a boarded door with forked strap hinges, set in a two-centred-arched surround beneath a drip mould. The entrance hall window features plate tracery and is a two-light window, with a similar window above the entrance. The right bay has a canted bay window with a steeply-pitched hipped roof, and above it is a blank space except for a quatrefoil in the gable peak. A flush ashlar band runs along the first-floor sill level, interrupted by the bay window. The service wing has two-light stone-mullioned windows in the left bay and a single light window on the first floor to the right. The one-storey extension has vehicle doors and two single light windows. The roof is adorned with steeply-coped ridge chimneys.

On the right return, there are two bays with trefoil heads on the two-light windows in the left bay, and a projecting bow in the right bay features shouldered heads on three two-light windows. The first-floor ashlar band continues from the front, and all windows are fitted with sloping stone sills.

At the rear, a flat-coped wall approximately one metre high leads up to the gateway and continues to connect with outbuildings. The wrought iron gate is designed with scrolls of baroque character.