Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1985. Former vicarage. 1 related planning application.

Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
bitter-gutter-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Country
England
Date first listed
23 October 1985
Type
Former vicarage
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that dates from the 17th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features a timber frame that has been replaced with brick at the front, with some sections made of flint. It has black and red pantile roofs and includes two extensions, one constructed of brick and flint and the other of brick. The overall layout is in a U shape, formed by a 17th-century subsidiary block and a 19th-century addition.

The main block is two storeys high with an attic and cellar, while the wings are also two storeys. The returned brick gable-end, made of small bricks in English bond, is a 17th-century feature, possibly an addition or an early replacement of the original stack wall. There is one first-floor window from this period, which is a two-light mullion and transom window. The east gable-end, also from the 17th century, has some galetted flint with brick diapering in the lower courses, while the rest is brick in English bond.

The facade, dating from the 18th century, has irregular fenestration that includes one 18th-century four-light mullion window with a metal casement and five early 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars, along with a 19th-century two-light casement and an off-centre part-glazed door. Additional features include a coved cornice, gable-end stacks, and a central two-light dormer window with leaded glazing.

At the rear of the main block, there is some early 18th-century brickwork with two blocked windows, one beneath a skewback arch with a cambered soffit. The 17th-century subsidiary wing was originally freestanding and single-storeyed; it was heightened and connected to the main block in the 18th and 19th centuries, featuring English bond brickwork and moulded brick gable corbels, but it has no original fenestration. The 19th-century wing is not considered of special interest.

Inside, there is a former first-floor stack on the rear gutter wall of the main block, made of 17th-century timber with ogee and nicked chamfer stops on the spine beams. The building retains an original winding stair from the first floor to the attic, with some shaped board landing balusters from the 17th century. The roof features butt purlins with collars removed and a raised attic floor with bridging joists resting on moulded posts that rise from the ties. There is also a two-light mullion window with a metal casement and leaded glazing located inside, along with some re-set Jacobean panelling in the hall.

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