The Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a vicarage dating from 1809, and later extended in the 19th century, situated near the Church of St Michael in Carlisle. It is now a private house. The building incorporates part of an earlier 18th-century vicarage constructed for Reverend Joseph Hudson, with a substantial rear extension added in 1890. It is constructed of Flemish bond brickwork, set on a chamfered plinth, with calciferous sandstone dressings. The roof is hipped and covered in graduated greenslate, with brick chimney stacks at the ends. The original building has two storeys and four bays, following a single-depth plan. An off-centre entrance features a top-glazed panelled door and overlight, set within an Ionic porch with a dentilled cornice. Tall sash windows, almost level with the ground floor, have glazing bars and are set in brick reveals with stone sills and flat brick arches. The interior retains panelled shutters and panelled doors, alongside a black marble fireplace in the principal room. Historical records indicate that in 1828, the vicar, Joseph Hudson, claimed to have added the new facade in 1809. Plans for the 1890 rear extension were drawn by J S Seymour. The site is located just outside the west wall of the Roman fort at Stanwix, and built partly over the infilled fort ditch. A later stable/byre range, converted to St Michael's Parish Centre in 1983, has undergone extensive alterations.