The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a detached former vicarage located in Standish, Little Haresfield. The core of the building to the north likely dates back to the 15th century and was enlarged to the southwest in the 16th century, creating an L-shape. The angle was infilled around 1839-40 by William James, with further extensions added to the west in the later 19th century.

The north wing is constructed of random coursed stone and features diagonal stepped buttresses on a chamfered plinth, with a slate roof at the front and artificial stone slates at the rear. A central ashlar ridge stack has three renewed flues joined by a moulded cornice, and there is a part external stack at the west end with two original flues. The 16th and 19th-century angle wings are made of coursed and dressed stone, with ashlar stacks that have triple diagonally set flues (one flue has been renewed). The later wing is built of brick with stone dressings and has an artificial stone slate roof.

The building has two storeys and an attic. The rear range features two projections on the north side, one of which contains a former garderobe. It has three windows with 3/2/2-light arched light stone mullions and square hoodmoulds, as well as 3/2/4-light windows on the ground floor with enriched stops and a king mullion for the four-light window. The fenestration on the 16th and angle 19th-century wings follows a similar style.

The entrance is located in the 19th-century section and includes a long 2-light stone mullion with a transom, all lights arched, positioned to the far left, which lights the stair. Adjacent to this is a Tudor arch doorway with a 19th-century vertical battened door. The interior has been partly inspected, revealing ground floor rooms in the oldest section that feature an original stone ogee arch doorway on the west side and moulded compartmented ceilings. The ridge stack has a large moulded Tudor arch fireplace at its base, with an adjacent chamfered pointed archway leading to a former newel stair. The stack at the west end also has a large timber bressumer fireplace at its base. Additionally, the southeast buttress of this wing has a stone sundial adorned with the arms of the See of Gloucester, which dates from the restoration in the 17th century by Bishop Frampton.