St Dionis' Vicarage

St Dionis’ Vicarage is a house dating from the 18th century, built of stock brick with red brick dressings under a clay tile roof. The building is roughly L-shaped, comprising parallel front and back ranges and a cross-wing to the south. The front entrance lobby is flanked by a former study on the left and a dining room on the right. A longitudinal corridor provides access to the kitchen, WC, and a passage through to the church. At the southern end is a staircase, which gives access to the former drawing room, bedrooms, and bathroom above the study. A further flight of stairs leads to a large storage area in the roof space.

The exterior reflects the informality typical of the architect’s domestic work, contrasting with the strict Perpendicular Gothic of the adjacent church. The front is asymmetrical, with the main entrance – twin doors beneath a fanlight in a moulded, slightly pointed brick arch – positioned slightly left of centre. To the left is a gabled cross-wing (study with a drawing room above), and to the right, a square projecting bay (the dining room). First-floor plate-glass casement windows, with heavy timber mullions, break through the eaves line, forming tile-hung, barge-boarded half-dormers, alongside a large square stack with stepped supporting buttresses. Massive end stacks frame the range to left and right. A renewed two-storey polygonal bay window, providing side light to the study and drawing room, is a typical feature, reflecting the architect's interest in natural light. A secondary entrance is set within a pointed brick arch. A modern conservatory covers much of the rear of the building; the cross-wing to the right has lean-to outbuildings and another large end stack.

The interiors are mostly plain. Woodwork, including ceiling beams and four-panel doors, features chamfered and end-stopped details. Fireplaces with simple Gothic mouldings and corbelled-out mantels survive in the first-floor rooms. The front entrance has an overlight containing simple floral stained glass. Recessed window-bays with seats beneath segmental arches are found in the two principal ground-floor rooms; the former study includes a tall oak fire-surround with an inset mirror. The open-well staircase is a notable feature, with shaped splat balusters and newels with waisted finials; the bottom-most finial is of unusual form, appearing as if cut away to reveal a floral design.