The Old Vicarage

CALDECOTT The Old Vicarage and attached walling to east 6/1

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The address shall be amended to read:

The Old Vicarage

The description shall be amended to read:

Former parsonage, now two dwellings. Built 1863 for T W Gwillam.. Architect not known but attributed on stylistic grounds to E F Law of Northampton. Coursed ironstone rubble with limestone dressings; decorative tiled pavilion roofs with elaborate ironwork ridge cresting. Regular central entrance hall plan with separately roofed stair turret to rear; services and servants' accommodation contained within annexes to right. 2 storeys with central attic block. Main range with roundel eaves cornice above a corbel table which is interrupted by the first floor window lintels; all windows with stone architraves with rounded corners; continuous string course at first floor sill level. Quoining and 2 and 4-pane plate glass hornless sashes throughout. Entrance front:symmetrical 3 window range, central doorway with stone surround and plaque over containing the initials T W G and dated 1863. Double panelled doors with rectangular overlight. Single-storeyed extension (contemporary) contains services and connects with storeyed servants' accommodation under pyramidal roof, simpler detailing. Left elevation, 1:3:1, the middle section with canted storeyed bay and attic storey above, with pavilion roof and flanked by bulky battered stone stacks. These are an important and original element in the design and are conspicuous from the south elevation which comprises a 1:1:1 storeyed canted bay. Other elevations with rear of services carefully massed and more simply treated. Interior not inspected but understood to contain its complete fittings: stone fireplaces with unusual scooped and panelled surrounds and moulded mantel shelves; boldly panelled doors in moulded stone surrounds. Door furniture probably c1900. A remarkable house for its date with original massing and detailing.

The list was amended in respect of this entry on 13 August 1990.

Listing NGR: SP8671494335