Vicarage And 2 Adjoining Archways

COLN ST ALDWYNS CHURCH ROAD SP 1405-1505 (south side) 12/137 Vicarage and 2 adjoining archways GV II Detached vicarage. Mid C18. Rebuilt c1840; enlarged 1857 and 1875; altered 1911. Coursed rubble limestone; ashlar and brick rebuilt chimneys; stone slate roof. Two-storey with attic; two attached archways on north side, one bridging church path. South front: originally 3-window fenestration, 12-pane sashes with plain surrounds. Left window replaced by canted 2-storey bay window with hipped roof. Formerly central doorway with oval arch and flat porch hood with brackets and Tuscan pilasters; panelled door- with cobweb fanlight. Front extended to right by one window. Central gabled roof dormer. East end: 1875 addition projects forward to right with pointed archways to porch; buttressed south east corner. North side: 2 roll moulded parapet gables with flower head finials. Three-window fenestration, all Tudor arched mullioned casements with hoodmoulds. Lower part to left is linked to 1914-1919 war memorial arch. Garden wall to right has moulded 4-central archway with flanking octagonal buttresses; decorative iron gate. Interior not inspected. Vicarage and archways have important position next to Church of St. John the Baptist (q.v.). (A.R.J. Jurica, 'Coln St Aldwyn's in V.C.H. Glos. vii, pp 44-55)

Listing NGR: SP1439005127

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 10 January 2017.