The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a detached house that was originally built as a vicarage in 1850 by Thomas Austin of Bristol. The building is constructed from coursed squared rubble stone, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings, and has a Bridgewater tiled roof with tall ashlar stacks, some square and some octagonal.

The structure consists of two parallel ranges with a cross-wing to the south, and it stands two storeys high with attics. The entrance front includes a Tudor arched doorway on the right, which has a hoodmould dated 1904 and a ribbed door. To the left, there is a large three-light mullioned and transomed window that lights the stair hall, followed by a five-light mullioned and transomed window. A string course runs along the building. On the first floor, there are three-light and two-light mullioned casements. The gable end of the cross-wing to the right features a four-light mullioned and transomed window below, a four-light window above, and a small two-light window in the gable. All glazing was replaced with modern double-glazed units around 1985, but they remain within the existing frames.

The garden front of the cross-wing has a central five-light mullioned casement with Tudor arched lights, accompanied by a four-light mullioned and transomed window to the right. The first floor features one two-light and one three-light mullioned window. A datestone indicates the year of construction as 1850. The rear wing contains a five-light mullioned and transomed window and a three-light similar, with four- and three-light mullioned windows above.

Inside, the property retains many original features, including four-panelled doors, an open-well staircase with turned balusters and a moulded handrail, tiled floors, original carved fireplaces, a kitchen dresser, and a cast-iron column screen. Plans and specifications for the building can be found in the Diocesan Records in Trowbridge.