Old Vicarage

The Old Vicarage is a large house dating to 1822, built for the Rev. Hughes and used as the vicarage until 1956. It was subsequently converted into a hotel and is now used as holiday apartments. The house faces east towards the road and is two storeys high. It has a symmetrical front elevation of four windows, with the main entrance positioned to the left of the central section. The left and right bays are set back slightly, and the right bay has a lower roofline. A wing extends from the left bay to the rear, overlooking the garden, and a smaller wing is located at the rear to the north. The exterior is constructed of roughcast and painted rubble masonry. The original windows were 12-pane hornless sashes in recessed frames, although some have been replaced. The entrance is distinguished by a six-panel door with a cast-iron radial fanlight set within an elliptical arch, flanked by two simple unfluted columns with a slight swelling towards the middle. Three slate steps lead to the entrance. The roofs are hipped and covered in artificial slates with tile ridges, and the chimneystacks are rendered and capped. The eaves project slightly. Internally, a fine staircase rises to the right from the entrance hall, featuring a hardwood handrail with a coiled detail at the bottom step, thin square balusters (two per tread), and a cut string with returned nosings. The doors to the reception rooms are six-panelled, set within panelled door surrounds. The building is listed as a good example of late Georgian style and retains much of its original character as a vicarage from the early 19th century.