The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a private house, originally built as a vicarage in 1845 by George Gilbert Scott. It is constructed of flint with gault brick dressings, and has slate roofs with coped gable ends. The chimney stacks are of flint and brick, featuring diagonally set gault brick shafts. The house is arranged on an overall L-shaped plan, with the principal rooms in a south-facing range and service rooms in a long rear wing. The south front has a 1:2 window arrangement, with a projecting gabled wing on the left. The windows are 10-pane sashes with thick central glazing bars, and include hoodmoulds and sills. A stone canted bay window is located on the ground floor to the right, and there’s a small, narrow sash window in the centre on the first floor. The central doorway is framed by a moulded stone architrave, leading to a glazed and panelled door with engraved glass and an iron doorbell pull. Small, blind loops are set in the gables, and a moulded stringcourse runs along the first floor. The rear elevation features a projecting gable with a tall stair window, similar fenestration but without hoodmoulds, a long, slightly lower rear wing with sash windows, and a gabled wooden porch. The interior includes a geometric staircase with a cast-iron balustrade, an elliptical arch in the hall, panelled doors with moulded doorcases, and chimney pieces that are believed to have been replaced.