The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a house dating to the 17th and early 18th centuries, with alterations made in the early 20th century by F.C. Eden and the Rev. A.C. de Bourbel. The front elevation is rendered with painted pebbledash, while the left gable end and rear are built of red and grey brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The building originally comprised of a 17th-century section with a parallel, likely slightly later, rear range, and a double-depth 18th-century addition to the left. The facade and interior work was undertaken by Eden.

The house is two storeys high, with a stone plinth at the rear of the right-hand section. A pentice with a plain tile roof and coved rendered soffit runs the length of the front elevation. A modillioned wooden eaves cornice is present, along with a hipped roof. Two hips return to the rear of the left section, and two to the right. There are two slightly projecting gable-end stacks to the left, and a corniced rear stack is located to the left of the centre, between the two rear sections. The rear elevation of the left section has two twelve-pane first-floor sash windows and three eighteen-pane ground-floor sash windows, all featuring thick glazing-bars. The right section has three three-light first-floor casements. The front has irregular fenestration of eight leaded casements: two two-light windows to the left, and six cross windows between the rear stack and the right end. There are seven leaded cross windows on the ground floor. The lower half of each ground-floor window is fitted with shutters, incised with a bulbous motif. The front door, located under the third first-floor window from the right, is panelled with beaded, ogee-eared details. A red and grey brick lean-to extension is attached to the right, featuring a large corniced red brick stack.

The interior, partially inspected, shows that Eden integrated the front range of both sections into a long hall with a room at each end. Smaller rooms are located in the rear ranges. Towards the right end, there are two cross beams with an axial beam between them. A shallow canted lateral fireplace is faced with Dutch tiles and has an unbracketed, corniced Continental-style wooden hood. The room also has Dutch skirting tiles and a black and white marble floor, reportedly laid by an Italian craftsman. A rear left room has a bolection-moulded fireplace with a raised moulded panel to the overmantle, and fielded panels to the door and window shutters. The central rear room features a fireplace with a shallow, progressively-raised surround. Early 20th-century panelling in shallow relief covers the rest of the walls, with round-headed panels to the cupboard doors. Similarly-panelled ground-floor doors are also present. Reportedly, the house contains a good staircase. The craftsmanship is of high quality.