Vicarage Of St Mary Magdalene With Yard Wall And Gateway

BELMONT BROOMSIDE LANE NZ 34 SW (South side) 7/13 Vicarage of St. 16/10/75 Mary Magdalene with yard wall and gateway GV II (formerly listed as Vicarage)

Vicarage with yard wall and gateway at rear. 1861-2 by Walton and Robson of Durham and London. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and plinth; Welsh slate roof. Stone rubble wall with ashlar coping and gateway; wrought iron gate. Gothic style. Main block 2 storeys, 2 bays under front gables; left service wing has 2 lower storeys, 2 bays; left extension one storey, 2 bays. Boarded door with forked strap hinges at left in 2-centred- arched surround under dripmould. Plate tracery in 2-light entrance-hall window and in window above entrance; right bay has canted bay window with steeply-pitched hipped roof; blank above, except for quatrefoil in gable peak. Flush ashlar band at first-floor sill level, interrupted by bay window. Service wing has 2-light stone-mullioned windows in left bay, single light in first floor at right. One-storey extension has vehicle doors and 2 single lights. Roof has steeply-coped ridge chimneys. Right return of 2 bays has trefoil heads to 2-light windows in left bay; projecting bow in right bay has shouldered heads to three 2-light windows. First-floor ashlar band continues from front. All windows have sloping stone sills.

At rear, flat-coped wall c.one metre high steps up to form gateway and continues to link to outbuildings. Wrought iron gate has scrolls of baroque character.

Sources: plans in possession of vicar, signed Walton and Robson of London and Durham, and stamped March 1861 with plan no. 5216; Morris and Harrison's Commercial Directory of County Durham 1861, p.15, giving Walton and Robson architects at 45 North Bailey and 18 Adam Street.

Listing NGR: NZ3056743606