The Old Vicarage

TL 7229 SHALFORD BRAINTREE ROAD (east side)

6/41 The Old Vicarage

GV II

House. C.1500 or earlier, altered in C16 and early C19. Partly timber framed and plastered, partly of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Hall range of 3 bays facing SE, with late C16 axial stack in middle bay, and early C19 crosswing at right end with 2 end stacks, forming an irregular T-plan. Single-storey lean-to extension in W angle and single-storey extension to NW of hall range, both C19. C20 lean-to conservatory/porch in S angle. Hall range of one storey with attics, crosswing of 2 storeys. SE elevation, 2 C19 casements, one early C20 bay of casements, 3 C19 casements in gabled dormers. Half-glazed door. NE (garden) elevation, one early C19 sash of 16 lights, one early C20 bay of casements, and on first floor, one similar sash, one C20 reproduction, and one early C19 sash of 12 lights. Central 6-panel door with top panels glazed, and fanlight with cast iron radial tracery, early C19. In the SW gable end, on the upper storey, two 2-light windows each with one wrought iron casement, diamond leading, and some early glass, one late C19, the other late C18. The hall range has jowled posts, heavy studding, and an inserted floor, of which the transverse beam is moulded on one side only, and the joists of horizontal section and moulded. All have unusual chip-carved stops. Some of the floorboards are original. The roof is of crownpost construction, with axial braces (some severed), smoke-blackened. RCHM 12.

Listing NGR: TL7222829214