The Vicarage

The Vicarage & Holly House, Whitford Commuinity.

Tudor Gothic style 2-storey house of coursed rubble with freestone dressings, slate roof behind coped gables with moulded kneelers, and stone stacks. The asymmetrical 4-bay front is characterised by its 3 varied gables to the R, and half-hipped bay to the L. The entrance is offset L of centre, and has a pointed head with hoodmould and a panelled and ribbed door. Above it is a 2-light window under a gablet, at the apex of which is a dated tablet. On the L side of the entrance is a canted bay window with relieving arch in the lower storey. Set back R of the entrance are 2 asymmetrical gables, with 3-light transomed windows in the lower storey, and similar windows above, all under relieving arches.

The L-hand return is double-gabled and has a cross window in the lower storey to the R and a 3-light window above it. The L-hand gable is set back and has 2 cross windows in the lower storey and a 3-light window above. The rear elevation has a porch with doorway on its R side under a boarded canopy. Above the porch is a cross window in the upper storey, and on the L side is a paired sash window under a gablet in the upper storey and an enlarged window in the lower storey. Further L the service wing continues to form an L-plan facing the yard, and has a blocked doorway and 2 windows, with 2 paired sashes in the upper storey.

In the R-hand return of the house an external stack L of centre provides the main focus. To the L of the stack are 2 replaced windows in the lower storey and a sash window above. On the R side of the stack are replaced windows flanking an inserted window in the lower storey, with 2 sash windows above. A projection is at the rear.

The interior has a central stair hall, which has a dog-leg stair with plain balusters and turned newels. Simple panelled doors.