Deepleigh Residential Home

ASHINGTON WOODHORN NZ 38 NW

3/37 Deepleigh Residential Home,(formerly 14/4/49 listed as Woodhorn Vicarage) GV II

Vicarage, now old folks' home. C18 in 2 phases, perhaps incorporating older fabric; early C19 east wing, some C20 alterations. Squared stone; east wing tooled stone with tooled-and-margined dressings; renewed pantile roof with old brick stacks.

South (garden) front 2 storeys, in 2 sections: C18 part 2 + 3 + 3 bays; 6th bay has altered flush-panelled door under Gothick fanlight in archivolt; C20 12-pane casements in old openings with renewed lintels and sills. Coped left gable, roof hipped to right; left end and 2 ridge stacks. Set back to right, 2 bay east wing with similar windows in alternating-block surrounds, on 1st floor only; roof hipped to right.

Rear elevation shows 2 projecting wings; that to left has renewed door in old openings with armorial tablet over; to right mounting block and 12-pane sash stair window, on 1st floor trompe l'oeil window and renewed 12-pane sash under keyed lintels. Wing to right also has 12-pane sash stair window.

Interior: 2 open-string open-well stairs with stick balusters and moulded newels. Fielded-panel doors. One room has egg-and-dart cornice. Sitting room has recess with segmental moulded arch, probably for display of china.

Listing NGR: NZ3002888785