St James Vicarage

St James's Vicarage, now offices, was built in 1848 by William Hollingsworth for the Reverend FA Atwood, with additions made in 1908 for the Reverend AA Markham, and later 20th-century additions and alterations. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with some parts rendered on the rear, and has a Welsh slate roof. It is arranged in a U-shaped plan, incorporating a previous L-shaped house to the south and a rebuilt and extended range to the north.

The east front is two storeys with a three-window range, symmetrical in design, and a lower two-storey, two-window range to the right. It includes an ashlar-faced plinth. The entrance features a Greek Doric porch with fluted columns, an entablature with triglyphs, a half-glazed panelled door with an overlight and margin lights, all within a panelled reveal with a pilastered surround. The windows are 6/6 sashes with sills under cambered lintels. The section to the right is slightly recessed and has smaller, similar sashes. Deep bracketed eaves overhang the roof, which is hipped. The chimney stacks have ashlar caps.

The left return, facing the garden, forms a four-window range with a two-window range and a single-storey addition of 1908 to the left, all with matching windows and details to the entrance front. The rear of the 1908 addition has two reset medieval corbel heads and a 1908 stone plaque inscribed in Latin, recording the Reverend Markham's restorations and extensions. An outhouse attached to the rear of the main range has another stone plaque inscribed in Latin, documenting its erection in 1848 by W Hollingsworth, accompanied by a quotation from Psalm 127. The north side of the north wing features four-light mullioned casements with leaded lights, and a pair of earlier 6/6 sashes.

The interior of the main range contains an open-well staircase with turned balusters, moulded cornices, ribbed panelled window shutters, and 19th and early 20th-century chimney pieces in the principal rooms.