The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- fossil-flue-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a long-jetty house dating from the 16th century, with extensions made in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof primarily covered in handmade red clay tiles, although some areas use slate. The building consists of three bays oriented approximately east-west, with a southern aspect. There are external chimney stacks located at the rear of the west bay and at the east gable.
A 17th-century northern extension from the west bay features a hipped roof, while a 17th-century eastern extension is attached to the east bay. A parallel rear range was added in the 18th century, and a 19th-century northern extension from the eastern end creates a half-H plan, along with single-storey buildings to the north, also from the 19th century. The house has two storeys with attics.
The entrance features a four-panel door set back in a two-storey porch. On the ground floor, there is a group of four windows with arched heads from the 19th century, alongside a splayed bay of double-hung sash windows with 4-16-4 lights from the 18th century, and one double-hung sash window with 16 lights, also from the 18th century. The first floor includes a group of two windows with arched heads from the 19th century, two horizontally sliding sash windows with 12 lights from the 19th century, and one casement window from the 20th century.
Plaster coving is present below the eaves, and jowled posts can be seen below the jetty and extending to full height. Most beams above the ground floor are boxed in, but one plain-chamfered beam is exposed in the entrance hall. The braces to the tie beams are also boxed in, and the eastern tie beam of the original building has been severed to create a doorway. The roof features clasped purlins.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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