St James Vicarage

GRIMSBY

TA2608NW BARGATE 699-1/25/11 (West side) 25/03/74 St James' Vicarage

GV II

Vicarage, now offices. 1848 by William Hollingsworth for the Rev. FA Atwood, with additions of 1908 for the Rev. AA Markham; later C20 additions and alterations. Red brick in Flemish bond, part rendered to rear; Welsh slate roof. U-shaped on plan, incorporating the original L-shaped house to south and a later rebuilt and extended range to north. EXTERIOR: east front of 2 storeys, 3-window range; symmetrical, with a lower 2-storey, 2-window range to the right. Ashlar-faced plinth. Entrance has step to Greek Doric porch with fluted columns, entablature with triglyphs; half-glazed panelled door and overlight with margin lights in panelled reveal with pilastered surround. 6/6 sashes with sills beneath cambered lintels. Section to right, slightly recessed, has smaller similar sashes. Deep bracketed eaves. Hipped roof. Ridge stacks and side-wall stacks with ashlar caps. Left return forms 4-window range south garden front, with 2-window range, single-storey 1908 addition to left, all with similar windows and details to entrance front. Rear of 1908 addition has 2 re-set medieval corbel heads and a 1908 stone plaque inscribed in latin, recording the Rev. Markham's restorations and extensions. An outhouse attached to the rear of the main range has another stone plaque inscribed in latin, recording its erection for the Rev. Atwood in 1848 by W Hollingsworth, with a quotation from Psalm 127. North side of north wing has 4-light mullioned casements with leaded lights, and a pair of earlier 6/6 sashes. INTERIOR: main range has an open-well staircase with turned balusters, moulded cornices, ribbed panelled window shutters and C19 and early C20 chimneypieces in main rooms. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Harris J, & Antram N: Lincolnshire: London: 1989-: 341; Grimsby - Action for Conservation: Grimsby Borough Planning Department: List of buildings of local architectural or historical interest: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.118; Grimsby Planning Department: Wellow Conservation Area: Grimsby Borough Council: 1972-: NO.118).

Listing NGR: TA2634908901