High Trees

HOLME LACY CP - SO 53 SE 6/36 High Trees 20.10.52 GV II Vicarage, now house. C17 with later alterations. Moulded sandstone plinth and brick with Welsh slate and tiled roofs. Brick stacks, rectangular plan aligned north-west/south-east with central projection above former entrance. Ground floor has early C19 glazing bar sashes with box shutters to each side of C20 window set in late C18 or early C19 doorcase with architrave and guttae. First floor has early C19 central glazing bar sash flanked by two fixed-light C20 windows with glazing bars. Second floor has central C29 glazing bar sash and two undivided C20 plate glass windows. Gabled dormers each have segmentally headed early C19 sash. Two brick plat bands divide the bottom three storeys. Window heads have gauged bricks. Outline of blocked window opening to each side of central projection. West elevation has two large stacks with applied pilasters. North elevation has 2-light mullioned and transomed windows. Attached to the south is a four-bay late C18 outbuilding with a tiled roof. Interior has ledged C17 door to attic and mullioned and transomed 2-light windows, blocked externally, to north and south gables. The C18 outbuilding has trusses with collars carrying V-struts. (RCHM, Vol I, p 150-1).

Listing NGR: SO5679234638