Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Vicarage.
Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- moated-groin-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- Vicarage
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage, now two houses, incorporates elements from the medieval, 16th century, and 18th century, with early 19th-century remodelling. The north wing likely dates to the 13th or 14th century and may have originally been an undefended hall house. The main block is probably from the 16th century, and the south-east wing was built in the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of various materials: the north wing is of coursed rubble, the main block is of heavy rubble, heightened in coursed rubble, and the south-east wing is of squared, tooled stone, all with slate roofs.
The west front presents a main block of three storeys and six irregular bays. A 20th-century glazed door is set within a former window opening, with an altered sash window to the left and two 12-pane sashes to the right. The ground floor has 20th-century small-paned casements in old openings, with a blocked opening to the left, all set within 18th-century chamfered stone surrounds. The second floor has a small 12-pane Yorkshire sash beneath the eaves, with two similar windows to the right and one blocked to the left. Stepped and corniced ashlar stacks are at the ends and ridge. To the left projects the end of a two-storey north wing, featuring a blocked arch with a shouldered segmental head and a drawbar tunnel, a small chamfered window possibly being a reset feature, and low clasping buttresses at the left angle. The north wing has a coped reverse-stepped gable to the right, with the roof being hip-ended to the left. The south front displays early 19th-century sashes in older openings on the gable end of the main block. The south-east wing is two storeys high with three bays and a band at first-floor level, with an altered door and tall six-pane overlight in the first bay, and 12-pane sash windows. Stepped and corniced ashlar end stacks, one to the right, include a circular stone pot. The north front has various sash windows. A medieval chamfered plinth is visible on the north front, continuing on the left return. The rear elevation showcases a projecting, multi-stepped stack of the south-east wing, carrying a chimney with a circular stone pot.
Inside the main block, an early 18th-century fireplace has a moulded stone surround, with panelled shutters and six-panel doors. The western part of the north wing, known as “the tower”, features a stone barrel vault and an old doorway with chamfered jambs and a column-on-vase stairhead balustrade. The north wing’s walls are unusually thick (0.95m) confirming the main block's 16th-century date.
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