Glebe House

GREAT BEDWYN CHURCH STREET SU 26 SE (north-west side) 11/88 Glebe House

II Vicarage, now house, 1878-9 for Church Commissioners (Rev. Edmeads) by George Gilbert Scott Jnr. Red brick with blue brick panels, tiled roof. Two-storey and attics, 6 x 2 bays comprising central 2 bays with nearly flush 2-bay wings. Originally rear service wing on left, returning as laundry, latter only remains as garage. Parish room added to original design, also demolished. Early Queen Anne revival style. Door in side elevation in recessed porch. Five-panel door with round fanlight. Eight-pane sashes with moulded brick pediments over gauged lintels. Gables to wings slightly Flemish shaped, and residual capitals and dentilled eaves to centre bays. Centre bays have canted bay on ground floor added to original scheme, shaped parapet rebuilt straight. Central hipped dormer and roof hipped. Symmetrical chimneys with raised blue brick cross decoration. Contract cost £2,330, increased to £2,758,15.2d by additions at final account. Interior: Internal stair hall lit from large rear hipped dormer. Ceiling cornices. (References: Plan in RIBA, specification with house. G.Stamp, The English House 1860-1914 (1980), p.18.)

Listing NGR: SU2766564287