The Old Vicarage

SADDLEWORTH SHEPHERD'S GREEN SE 00 NW 6/280 The Old Vicarage - - II House. 1780. For Thomas Shaw. Watershot hammer-dressed stone with graduated stone slate roof. 3-bay single-depth plan with 3 storeys and a small wing to rear. Projecting plinth, quoins and shaped eaves gutter brackets. Central door with fanlight and chamfered stone surround flanked by 6-light windows which have at some-stage been heightened. The first floor also has 6-light windows and a central 2- light window all of which have recessed chamfered mullions and king mullions. The second floor has three 4-light recessed flat-faced mullion windows with continuous head and sill bands. Gable chimney stacks. Blocked taking-in door to rear. 1 and 2-light gable windows. Rear wing of C19 date has been altered to accommodate a garage and small extension. Bulletin of the Saddleworth Historical Society. Vol.l, No.4, 1971.

Listing NGR: SE0059904225