Vicarage To Church Of The Holy Sepulchre With Attached Yard Wall And Outbuildings

ASHINGTON WANSBECK ROAD NZ 28 NE (West side)

2/31 Vicarage to Church of the Holy Sepulchre with attached yard wall and outbuildings GV II

Vicarage, outbuildings and wall, c.1897. Snecked rock-faced stone with cut dressings; Welsh slate roof except for red tiles on pent bay to south. Irregular plan; Arts and Crafts style. West elevation 2 storeys, 1 + 2 bays: projecting gabled left part has ground-floor canted bay. Right part, with taller roof, has 6-panel door in entablature surround with carved pulvinated frieze and swan-neck pediment, behind low screen wall with flat coping ramped down to end pier with ball finial. Right return 1 + 1 bays: projecting gabled left part has stack corbelled-out above projection, continued to right under pent roof, with 2 cross windows; right part has large cross-axial stack on on roof slope, and hipped roof. 1-, 2- and 3-light windows in moulded surrounds with varied cornices and hoodmoulds, mostly holding sashes with smaller panes in upper leaf; some small-paned casements. Rear (east) elevation shows attached screen wall to right with boarded door and hatches; stack with moulded cornice at right end. Wall, with pent outbuildings behind, returns to enclose yard on 3 sides.

Interior largely contemporary. Sitting room has coffered ceiling and panelled inglenook, which has fixed seats with balustrade arm rests. Dogleg stair with splat balusters and moulded newels with pinnacle finials. Contemporary fireplaces, 6-panel doors.

Listing NGR: NZ2645287618