The Vicarage

The Vicarage is a former vicarage, now a private dwelling, dating from 1844 and designed by R D Gould. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble with ashlar dressings, and has a slate roof with coped parapets and shaped kneelers to the gables. Tall lateral stacks, one to each side and two to the rear, are of red brick above stone rubble, with yellow brick shafts. The building has an asymmetrical plan, with principal rooms on each side of the staircase facing the garden (south) front, an entrance porch to the axial passage on the right (east) side, and service rooms to the rear, including a two-storey service wing to the rear left. It is in the Tudor style, with two storeys, cellars, and an attic storey.

The symmetrical garden front features gables flanking a smaller gable over a slightly recessed central bay, which contains a tall, transomed timber mullion stair oriel window with a hipped roof. A blank shield is positioned above this window. The ground floor has canted bays to the left and right, with transomed timber mullion windows and stone parapets with blind panels, a central shield, and three-light timber mullions above. All windows have ashlar surrounds.

The asymmetrical entrance front on the right (east) side has a lateral stack to the left of a single-storey entrance porch, which has a four-centred stone arched doorway with an ovolo-moulded surround and shields in the spandrels. An 1844 datestone is positioned above the doorway. A gabled projecting bay to the right has two-light timber mullion windows on each floor, and a single-light window to the attic storey.

The rear has large twin gables, with a bell turret on the ridge of the right-hand gable. The rear service wing has a lateral stack where the shaft has been demolished on the outer face, and throughout the building, the 19th century fenestration remains intact. The Vicarage was built by Watts of Chittlehampton at a cost of £1,320.