The Vicarage

The Vicarage is a two-storey, three-window building dating from the 1840s, constructed of dressed polychrome random stone with slate roofs and stone end stacks, each with two shafts. A further stack is located to the rear. The building has a symmetrical facade facing east, with a prominent gabled bay in the centre which incorporates a porch. A stone tablet above the central entrance records that the foundation stone was laid by Arthur, Viscount Dungannon, patron and benefice, on 11th May 1842. The porch has small windows on either side, and the upper storey of the advanced bay features a window with a stepped head. The lower-storey windows of the flanking bays are taller than those above and have flat-arched heads constructed of stone voussoirs. The windows are generally wooden-framed, set in deep splays, with a central casement and horizontal glazing bars.

The north end of the main range has a small window at lower right. To the right of this is a single-storey bay, with a gable facing north. It has a blocked doorway on its right side, and a small two-light window to its left, with a matching window above. The rear elevation includes a central gabled wing with a stepped window to the upper storey and a three-light window below. A raised bay, to the left, features a two-light window to the lower storey. To the right of this wing is a narrower gabled bay set at a right angle and facing south with a small, 20th-century lean-to addition adjacent. The south elevation presents as two gables, the one on the right being set back. It has stepped windows to the upper storey and three-light windows below, the ones on the left having been slightly altered.

Inside, the central stair-hall has a staircase to the left and a passage to the right leading to the kitchen. Panelled doors provide access to reception rooms on either side of the stairs. The staircase has turned wooden balusters, newels with recessed trefoils and ball finials, and splits at the landing, with one flight leading to a rear room and another forming a dog-leg to the front bedrooms. A second door in the dining room, towards the rear, is now blocked, likely providing former access from the kitchen for servants. A wide marble tablet inside the front door notes that the site of the house, along with 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of glebeland, was presented in 1841 by Viscount Dungannon, patron of Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, with involvement from William Carey, Lord Bishop of St Asaph.