Archangel House And Rear Wall

Archangel House is a house, formerly known as The Vicarage and The Vicarage Flat, dating from the early to mid-16th century. It was extended in the early 17th century, altered in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and received a rear addition around 1840. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, with a gabled concrete tile roof. A large stone ridge stack with a brick flue is present, and the cross wing has a rear end stack finished in brick. The building has a three-unit plan, with a right-hand cross wing. It is two storeys high and has a four-window front. A timber lintel sits above a 20th-century door adjoining the cross wing. Plain stone architraves frame an early 19th-century eight-pane sash window, two six-pane sashes, and a six-pane sash within a gabled half-dormer above and to the left of the door. The left bay has timber lintels over late 18th-century tripartite sash windows. The front gable of the cross wing has flat rendered arches above 19th-century two-light casements. A 17th/early 18th-century extension to the rear of the cross wing is built of similar materials and is one storey high with an attic. A two-storey brick range was added to the rear around 1840. The interior features late 18th-century panelled doors and shutters. Chamfered beams are present in two rooms to the left, including a room with a large stack and panelling. An early 19th-century straight-flight staircase is located in a large hall to the left of the cross wing. The room above the hall has a partially-exposed queen-post truss to the right of a hollow-chamfered arch-braced collar-truss. A tall 18th-century wall extends from the rear left wall, enclosing the rear garden. The wall is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with a chequer brick inner face.