The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a house, originally a rectory, dating from the mid-18th century. It was extended and refaced in the late 18th century, with 20th-century alterations subsequently made. The building is constructed of stuccoed brick, with a Welsh slate roof. It is three storeys high, with five bays and a lower wing to the rear left. A plinth runs along the base. The central entrance features a six-panel door with a fanlight, containing radial glazing bars, set within a wooden doorcase with fluted pilasters, an archivolt, and a pediment. The original window openings now contain casement windows with glazing bars and top-hung upper lights, set within stone sills. Shorter ground-floor windows are also present. A wooden eaves cornice and a central three-bay pediment, featuring a glazed oeil-de-boeuf (circular window) in the tympanum with remnants of a keyed architrave, are prominent features. Gable copings are present, and the end stacks are rendered, with a ridge stack situated to the right of the pediment. The rear of the building displays a round-headed stair window and various window heads with segmental arches, while the brickwork reveals raised eaves. Inside, the entrance hall has six-panel doors in architraves, and a semicircular staircase to the rear with a coiled handrail and fluted balusters. The hall features a modillioned cornice and an acanthus ceiling feature. An 18th-century fireplace is located on the ground floor right, though it is currently boxed in and not visible. Several 18th-century firegrates are found on the first floor. Historical records indicate that the two bays on the front left are an addition to what was originally a three-bay house.