Melody House

SW 74 SE KEA BALDHU

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Vicarage, now private house. Circa 1848. Built for the Reverend William Haslem and possibly designed by him or helped by William White who designed the church, Killas rubble walls with shallow rubble arches over openings and slatehanging to side wall (south west). Scantle slate roofs with brick chimneys over gable ends with external breast to right and lateral shaft over side wall, left, and hip to front (south east) projection of cross wing. Irregular plan of overall L-shape with 2 unequal reception rooms flanking through passage leading to stair behind left-hand room within integral wing kitchen beyond and integral lean-to at kitchen gable end. Roof sweeps slightly lower to rear of right-hand room with narrow room behind. 2 storeys. Irregular 3-window south east front with 1-window hipped shallow projecting wing, left, with wider ground floor window with 3-light casement and 2- light casement over. 2-window part, set back to right has doorway to far left, adjoining angle, with C20 top-glazed door and window over. Wider window to ground floor right has 2-light transomed window with marginal panes. Otherwise windows are original 1-, 2- or 3-light casements with small panes, except some C20 windows to rear. A C19 engraving by Butterworth and Heath shows a conservatory/verandah with a 3-bay arcade, flush with and to right front wing. Interior is little altered with original narrow open-well open string stair with mahogany handrail wreathed over newel with curtail step. Moulded ceiling cornices to reception rooms and to stair ceiling also with moulded band. Original doors and architraves.

Listing NGR: SW7708643131