The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1985. A C17 Vicarage.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
rusted-entrance-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1985
Type
Vicarage
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a vicarage that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 17th century, with early to mid-18th century additions on both the left and right sides. The original 17th-century section is timber-framed, with the gable end clad in galleted stone on the ground floor and white brick above. The left addition is constructed of red and grey brick in Flemish bond on the ground floor, with white brick above. The right addition features buff brick in Flemish bond and has a slate roof.

The 17th-century section has four timber-framed bays that are oriented at right angles to the road. There is a late 18th or early 19th-century addition to the left of the front gable end, along with another addition to the left end. An additional structure from around 1830 extends at right angles to the right towards the rear of the 17th-century section. The 17th-century part has two storeys and a garret, set on a stone plinth, while the other sections are two storeys high. The right addition features flat eaves soffits, while the 17th-century section has a half-hipped roof and the right addition has a hipped roof.

There is a multiple brick ridge stack on the left slope of the roof, located in the third timber-framed bay from the front, with additional stacks at the junction with the left section, on the left gable end, and a central corniced stack on the right addition. The building has irregular fenestration with five windows: one four-light casement window on the left section, one similar window with top-lights on the first floor of the 17th-century section, two recessed 12-pane sashes with splayed ribbed brick voussoirs, and a blind central window on the right addition. The ground floor of the right addition has 15-pane sashes and a two-bay right return elevation.

A half-glazed door with a Doric architrave is located on the gable end of the 17th-century section. Inside, some of the framing is exposed, and the 17th-century section features a staggered butt purlin roof. There is a 19th-century staircase with straight balusters and a wreathed handrail. The vicarage is said to have been occupied by Robert Wilberforce, who served as vicar from 1832 to 1840.

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