The Old Vicarage (Brighton And Hove High School For Girls)

The Old Vicarage, now part of Brighton and Hove High School for Girls, is a vicarage dating from 1834-5. It was designed by Mr Mew and built by George Cheeseman for the Rev HW Wagner. The exterior is constructed of stucco scored to resemble ashlar, with a tile roof.

The building is two storeys high, except at the rear where it is three storeys, and has a five-window front. It is in a simplified Tudor style. A flat-arched entrance, with splayed reveals, is located within a gabled porch on the north side. Most windows are flat-arched, with splayed reveals to the north, chamfered reveals to the south and east. The east front is divided into three gabled sections with recessed areas between them. The two-storey bays have parapets. The first floor of the recessed areas is set back, with canted bays and unusual centrally recessed windows. Ground-floor windows in the north and south bays retain original wooden glazing bars. A window in the south recess has been altered to a door. A storey band runs along the bays and recesses; first-floor windows have original glazing to the central and southern bays, with a continuous storey band. The cornice has been simplified and extends over the gables. Stacks flank the central bay. A Tudor-arched entrance, situated between two two-storey gabled bays with original ground-floor glazing, is on the south front. The north front has scattered window placement, and the west front has been altered and extended using stucco and red brick.

Inside, many original doors from the mid-19th century remain. They are decorated with recessed panels, a motif also found on the embrasures of some of the principal doors and windows. Door architraves feature grouped circular shafts with corner blocks. The open-well staircase to the first floor has neo-Jacobean newel posts, turned balusters, a moulded rail, and a closed string. A Tudor-style fireplace, with a four-centred arch, a frieze of quatrefoils, and octagonal engaged columns, is located in a room on the east side.