6, East Cliff

PRESTON

SD5328NE EAST CLIFF 941-1/13/95 (South side) 13/05/74 No.6

GV II

Vicarage, now hostel. Dated 1846 on gable of porch. Snecked sandstone with quoins and ashlar dressings, slate roof. Irregular double-depth plan, with projecting wing to left. C17 vernacular style, with mullioned windows and steeply pitched roofs. Two storeys and attic, raised over a basement; a wide asymmetrical facade with 4 windows at 1st floor. The wing to the left has coupled unequal gables, the smaller to the right belonging to an integral 2-storey porch, which has a Tudor-arched doorway with deep moulded surround and hoodmould (approached by a flight of steps between gatepiers in the area wall), a small lancet at 1st floor and a shield in the gable lettered "MDCCCLVI"; to the left, the main portion of the wing has a 4-light at ground floor, a smaller 3-light window at 1st floor, and a lancet to the attic. Steeply-pitched coped gables, an apex cross on the larger. The main range has a transomed 3-stage 6-light stair window near the centre, a 2-light window on each floor to the left, a large 5-light window to the right and a smaller 4-light window above. Skylight in roof; several tall triple-flue chimneys, including one rising from angle and another at the right-hand gable. Rear and INTERIOR altered.

Listing NGR: SD5365028796