Wilton Farmhouse

WILTON WILTON NZ 51 NE 7/113 Wilton Farmhouse G.V. II

Wrongly shown on O.S. map as: Wilton Old Vicarage. Vicarage, 1846, possibly by Ignatius Bonomi. Now a private house. Chevron- tooled sandstone with chamfered quoins. Welsh slate roofs with stone ridge copings. 2 storeys and basement. 3-bay south entrance front, with one-bay service wing on right. Central 6-panel door in Tuscan doorcase. Sash windows with glazing bars in architraves with plain sills; middle window blind. Plain band between floors; modillion eaves cornice. Shallow-pitched hipped roof with 4 corniced stacks. Lower, slightly-recessed service wing has 4-panel door at left and one window on each floor, that on first-floor in half dormer. Left return has 3 similar ground-floor windows and 2 first-floor windows, that at right blocked behind sash. 3-bay garden front: ground-floor windows under floating cornices on consoles. Right-hand window, on first floor, blocked behind sash. Basement windows have 6-pane sashes. Service wing shows round-headed stair window with raised surround, keystone and impost bands. Interior: 6-panel doors in architraves, moulded ceiling cornices and panelled shutters on both floors. South-west room on ground floor has Classical fireplace surround with fluted pilasters, panelled frieze, dentil cornice, and scrolled wings. Dogleg staircase with turned balusters and fluted newels with corniced caps. Service wing has dogleg staircase with stick balusters and handrail ramped at ends.

Listing NGR: NZ5850819941