The Old Vicarage

LANHYDROCK SX 06 SE 9/60 The Old Vicarage - II

Vicarage, now house. Circa 1845, with C20 alterations. Stone rubble, rendered and lined out. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves ; axial stack and stack at the left side, with rendered shafts. Plan: Double depth plan, with central entrance and principal room to front right and left ; stair hall to centre left and rooms facing the garden along the right side and rear. Large 2-storey service wing attached to rear left. Exterior: 2 storeys, symmetrical 3-window front ; all windows are C19 16-pane sashes, cornice on consoles at ground floor. Central 9-panelled door with cornice on consoles. Plinth and band course. Right side has three 20-pane sashes with cornice on consoles at ground floor ; first floor has three 16-pane sashes. Left side has central 24-pane sash, with round head and margin glazing and splayed glazing bars, lighting the stair. Ground floor 16-pane sash and first floor 9-pane sash. The service wing is 2 storey, with two 16-pane sashes and central blind window at first floor, ground floor has single storey lean-to with sashes and C20 half-glazed door. Rear has 3 windows, at ground floor a 20-pane sash to left, blind central window and 16-pane sash to right. First floor has two 16-pane sashes to right and blind window to left. The service wing is slightly set forward to right, of 4 bays with sashes. Interior: Not inspected. There are panelled shutters to the windows at ground floor and panelled doors. There may be other features, such as a good staircase. Built for The Reverend Charles Grylls, the first vicar after Lanhydrock was made into a "regular" parish by Bishop Philpotts of Exeter in 1844.

Listing NGR: SX0813363506