The Old Vicarage

RADLEY KENNINGTON ROAD SU5299 (East side) 18/90 No.2 (The Old Vicarage) 06/08/52 (Formerly listed as The old Vicarage (No.2 Kennington Road)) GV II Vicarage. Late C15: early C17 extension. Timber-framed: widely-spaced vertical studs, with tension bracing to jettied first floor of late C15 range. Gabled old tile roof; C17 brick left end stack. 2- extended to 3-unit plan in early C17. 2 storeys; 3-window range. Hollow-chamfered arched doorway with carved-leaf spandrels. C17 plank door with grille and Norfolk latch. Mid C19 French window to right with Gothick heads: restored C18 two- and 3-light windows to left with old wrought-iron catches and fittings: similar restored windows on first floor, to right of 3-light window with leaded diamond panes. First-floor is jettied, with moulded bressumer to late C15 range. C18 brick and tile extension, to rear right of 2 storeys; one-bay with brick end stack. Interior: stop-chamfered ground-floor beams, and timber-framed partitions rising to attic. Room to right has mid C18 beaded stone fireplace with 3 painted panels, of tulips and other designs, to overmantle. Mid C19 open-well staircase with stick balusters and reset early C18 turned balusters. 3-bay clasped purl in roof: 2 early C17 queen-post trusses to left, and late C15 pointed-arched windbraces in room to right. Large C19 wing attached to left is not of special architectural interest. (Patrick Drysdale, Radley, 1985, p.19; National Monuments Record).

Listing NGR: SU5221799412