The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage, located on Willian Road, is a building that dates back to probably the early 16th century and has undergone alterations over the years. It was originally designed as a three-bay, lobby entrance house. The eastern bay, which served as a chamber, still shows internal remnants of windows in the former east gable and fireplaces on both the ground and first floors. The lobby entrance features an opposing staircase, and its reconstruction around 1925 likely involved the removal of the original hall fireplace. The hall bay was probably modified at both the front and rear during the 18th century. The western bay was rebuilt around 1925, and the house was refenestrated at that time. A modern kitchen wing has also been added to the east end.

The building stands two storeys high with a three-window front and projecting wings at either end. It is timber-framed with panel infill and features the former 16th-century entrance bay, which retains its first-floor jetty at the side and rear. The roof is thatched, gabled at the west end and hipped at the east end, with modern moulded brick stacks. The lobby entrance includes a blocked, four-centred arched window with two lights on the first floor. The internal former gable windows of the eastern bay are mullioned with ovolo mouldings and stay bars. There are also two, three, and four-light casement windows from around 1925 with leaded lights. An 18th-century architraved doorway features a dentil cornice and a panelled door. Inside, the property has chamfered ceiling beams with tongue stops and brick fireplaces; the ground floor fireplace has a 17th-century segmental brick arch that replaces the former lintel, while the first floor retains an original chamfered four-centred brick arch.