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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