Keeble And Attached Annexe

This is an early 18th century vicarage, later adapted as a house and now two separate dwellings, with significant additions and alterations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and a late 19th century remodelling. The building is situated on Maddington Street, off the south side of Shrewton.

The original core is constructed of flint and limestone chequers, while later additions are brick and flint bands. The roofs are tiled, with brick stacks. The house began as a small, rectangular building. Later wings were added at right angles to the rear, and the entrance front is now on the left return of the original house.

The front elevation is two storeys and three windows wide. A 19th-century six-panelled door is set within a moulded stone architrave, bearing the inscription "FB CVG 1895" and the date 1877, and is covered by a tiled canopy. To the left of the door is a 12-pane sash window and a tripartite sash. The first floor has three 12-pane sashes, complemented by decorative cast-iron rainwater heads. A hipped dormer is present on the hipped roof of the early 18th century range.

The right return shows the original front elevation; a 19th-century canted bay partially obscures a blocked beaded doorcase. A small casement window is to the left, and 20th-century French windows are to the right. The first floor has three flush 12-pane sashes within moulded wooden architraves.

The rear elevation features a two-light mullion window with beading and a dripstone, alongside a four-pane tripartite sash and a four-panelled door. The first floor has a blocked window to the left and a pair of eight-pane sashes and a small four-pane sash to the right. A slate roof covers the 19th-century range.

The left return has a two-light beaded mullioned window and a half-glazed door, accompanied by a 4-pane sash, a 20th-century window, and a four-panelled door. The first floor contains casements and small sashes.

An attached annexe, situated to the left, is single-storey with an attic, featuring four windows, 4-pane sashes, cast-iron casements, and three dormers to the rear roof. Garage doors have been inserted into the front, and the stacks have stepped cappings.

The interior contains a bolection-moulded fireplace in the south-east room of the original range, an early 19th century newel staircase with turned balusters, and good four-panelled doors. A stone inscription panel, reset on the front wall of the late 18th century range to the left of the front door, bears a Latin inscription and the date 1704. This is likely linked to the building’s construction by Sir Stephen Fox, who also rebuilt the church chancel in 1699.