Former Vicarage

ST6718 MILBORNE PORT CP SHERBORNE ROAD (South side)

12/184 Tapp's Hotel (former vicarage)

GV II

Vicarage, now hotel. 1870. Designed by Henry Hall. Local stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; plain clay tile roof between coped gables; ashlar stone chimney stacks, some octagonal, all with moulded caps. Closed 'U'-plan: 2 storeys with attic and basement. North elevation of 3 bays, all gabled, the centre bay recessed but with projecting flat roofed porch, having moulded flat headed archway with two stone carved panels over, the upper circular with shield and band with legend "Wilborne Port Sigillum": projecting chimney stacks and attic window only, bays 1 and 3. South garden elevation also of 3 bays, having plinth, string course between floors: chamfer mullioned and transomed windows, with 2 storey angled bay window to bay 1 and single storey bay window to bay 3; no window to lower bay 2: outer gables have attic windows; centre dormer with elaborate bargeboards: other elevations to match. Main rooms of interior little altered on ground floor. Important in its context with the church (qv) and the school (qv), as well as sharing the same designer. (E.D.B Guide to the Parish Church of Milborne Port, 1971).

Listing NGR: ST6744418573