The Vicarage (55 Metres To West Of Church)

TL 3027 ARDELEY ARDELEY (south side)

9/14 The Vicarage (55m to W of church)

19.10.51

GV II

Vicarage. 1685 for vicar Robert Strut 'who built a fair Pile of Brick for a Vicarage-house at his charge' (Chauncy (1700) 64a). Altered C18. Extended to W c1824 for vicar E G Marsh with service wing extended to S. Later alterations 1843-85 largely removed in C20. Red brick with main range plastered and lined as ashlar. Steep roofs now slated. S service wing hipped. A 2- storeys, attics and cellar T-plan house facing N. Oldfield dwg c1800 (HRO) shows a 2-cell central entrance passage house 5 sash windows wide with rear-lateral chimney to E part and gable chimney W part. There was a C17 gabled stair tower central at rear (S) and an C18 2-storeys service wing projecting to SW. The main range was extended 2 windows in length to W in C19, the large polygonal bay windows added to E and W gables, and a new small entrance wing at the SE corner next the stair tower, with new front door. The front has 7 recessed sash windows to each floor with 6/6 panes. Attics lit by gable windows. Interior has a good closed-string late C17 staircase with heavy moulded balusters and pendants to newels, rising to attic storey. Carved wooden fireplace said to be of C17 and restored in 1933. (RCHM (1911) 36: VCH (1912) 194: RCHM Typescript).

Listing NGR: TL3075627151