The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Vicarage. 4 related planning applications.

The Vicarage

WRENN ID
tired-pewter-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Country
England
Type
Vicarage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The Vicarage dates to the 17th century, with possible earlier origins, and was remodelled in the mid-18th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of rubble walls with brick arches, and has a hipped roof covered in asbestos slate, originally with a gable end on the left rear. Brick lateral stacks are also present. The building stands on a U-shaped plan, with rear wings that were truncated in the 20th century. It is two stories high over cellars, and has a nearly symmetrical facade of 3 bays, a central bay, and 3 bays on the right, totalling 7 window bays. The early 19th-century windows are mostly 12-pane hornless sashes, with two horned examples on the first floor to the left. Segmental arches are above the ground-floor windows of the left-hand bays; other ground-floor windows have flat arches or lintelled openings. The central doorway has a glazed door set within a projecting stuccoed bay. The left-hand bays are rendered above first-floor meeting rail level, with the wall raised in the late 19th or early 20th century. The rear of the building features a tall early 19th-century stairwell window. The right-hand return has early 19th-century sash windows, including a two-story canted bay with a Venetian window over a tripartite sash window.

The interior retains many features dating to the mid-18th century, including a moulded and panelled ceiling in the stair hall with a central poppy decorated with an oak-leaf spray. There are heavy moulded plaster ceilings in the right-hand room and chambers above. A canopied ceiling with a coved cornice is in the left-hand chamber above the reception room, along with a later 18th-century ceiling cornice. This room also contains a chimneypiece of a similar date with Adam influence. A similar chimneypiece is found in the chamber of the right-hand wing. Various other chimneypieces of different dates are present, some with iron grates, including an 18th-century grate with an inverted arch in the right-hand chamber. The roof structure exhibits pegged lapped collars; older thinner trusses are on the left at a lower level. Heavy hardwood beams are in the cellar; a good quality open-well staircase has an open string, ramped handrail, and turned balusters. Original doors include two-panel doors, some with fielded panels, and one three-panel door. Early 19th-century features include panelled window shutters with inner beads, panelled doors, and an attic stair with some older winders and stick balusters. Additionally, there are cast-iron grates and brick wine shelves in the cellar.

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