1 St Mary’s Gate

1 St Mary’s Gate is an 18th-century service wing of a now-demolished vicarage that has been converted into parochial offices in the early 21st century.

The building is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond, with occasional silver-grey headers, while the northern range is rendered. It features a clay tile roof, with the southern gable also hung with clay tiles. The structure is two storeys high and three bays wide, with a rectangular footprint under a pitched roof. It faces west, with the short gable-end elevation to the south overlooking the adjacent churchyard. To the north, there is a small off-set range with a separate pitched roof. The east elevation was built up against when the neighbouring Church House was extended in the early 20th century.

The ground level to the west of the building has been raised, resulting in the central doorway being slightly below ground level, accessed by a ramped approach. The door is a modern six-panelled design with a bracketed timber canopy above. Flanking the door are four-light timber casement windows with leaded lights, set under a wide segmental arch.

On the first floor, there is a flat-roofed oriel with a pair of sliding sash windows to the left, a six-over-six sliding sash window with exposed boxes to the right, and a blind window in the centre.

The south elevation features a gable end, with the gable tile-hung above a projecting timber eaves cornice. A fixed window with glazing bars and a segmental arch is located on the ground floor, while a six-over-six sliding sash window with exposed boxes and thick glazing bars is on the first floor.

To the north, there is a small two-storey range, which includes a single ground-floor window to the west and a door to the north.