The Glebe House

The Glebe House, formerly the Vicarage, is a house dating to circa 1840, situated in the village centre of Bridgerule. It is constructed of random rubble stone with ashlar quoins and window dressings, and has a flat string course, plinth, and a pyramid slate roof with boxed eaves. A large central brick stack with a moulded cap is prominent. The original layout was double pile, with the main elevation facing east. The main entrance is now on the north front, formerly the kitchen.

The east front features two storeys plus an attic, with three bays. A central dormer has a nine-pane top-hung sash window. The first floor has twelve-pane sashes, and the ground floor has sixteen-pane sashes flanking a square-headed entrance with a part-glazed door. The left return has two bays, with sixteen-pane sashes, and a stone tablet on the first floor centre, though no inscription is visible. The right return is partly roughtcast, with four bays, a segmental-headed stairlight window (five lights by three panes), a sixteen-pane sash in the right end bay on both storeys, and a sixteen-pane sash beside a plank door in the left end bay.

The interior has been partly seen and is much altered. Original features include reeded surrounds to doorways in the hall, a boxed-in stick staircase with turned newels, and a large monolithic granite trough in the cellar, reportedly used for salting pork. The property, which held group value, was sold by the Church Commissioners in 1969. While it was initially believed to have been built between 1806 and 1820, closer inspection of the detailing suggests a slightly later date.