The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage dating to about 1840, originally associated with the adjacent Church of the Holy Trinity. It may have been designed by HE Goodridge, who was the architect for the church. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar with slate roofs.

The architectural design is bold and large, based on an asymmetrical T-plan, incorporating Jacobean details. The building is two storeys high with attics, and has a lower ground floor on the south side due to the sloping site. Windows are stone mullioned and transomed casements, with pointed heads to many of the lights. The front facing the road has a three-window range with a central gablet above a small two-light window, leading to the staircase, with a later three-light window to the left, and a one:two:one light oriel with a stone hip and moulded bracket to the right. A canted porch is situated across the internal angle at ground floor, featuring a wide four-centred moulded arch over a plank door with an overlight, and a shield in a small pediment. The east front has a slightly projecting main gable, and a pinnacle above a two-light window in the gable, with a three-light window below. A canted bay with a crenellated parapet, featuring a ground floor 1:3:1-light arrangement, is also present. The garden front features a projecting central gable with a square porch to the internal angle. The west gable is plain, with quadruple stacks and a broad single-storey lean-to addition, and a further triple stack to the eaves of the projecting gable. All gables have high saddle-back copings, shouldered at the eaves, and the octagonal stacks have bold cappings with concave caps.

The interior remains uninspected. The house was formerly accompanied by extensive gardens, now partially developed. The design pre-dates the more serious Gothic approach of the later 19th century, being undertaken with conviction.