Description

SU73-7450 & 73-7451 ODIHAM HIGH STREET
(north side)
17/4
The Vicarage
8.7.52
II

Circa 1500, C18, C19. Former open medieval hall with cross wings: now a 2
storeyed timber framed house with later additions and extensions. Front (south)
has a steep red tile roof with gables at each side, middle shafted stack towards
west and massive (C17) chimney breast (tapering upwards) at the east end. The
frame is exposed on the ground-floor of the east side, with heavy close studding
bricknogged: the upper part of the east side gable and the middle section is
tile-hung, the west side gable is a red brick wall in Flemish bond with cambered
openings and plinth, the middle section has earlier brickwork in English bond
with a high plinth: a rear gable has some tile-hanging, brick walling with bands
and plinth at 2 levels. A variety of windows: half-dormers, an old mullioned
and transomed light at the rear, mostly modern casements, 2 sashes in a ground-
floor brick-walled bay at the west end. The rear has later 2-storeyed
extensions (of c.1820) with slate roofing and rendered walls, ending in single-
storeyed outshots with hipped tile roofs.

Listing NGR: SP7460559746

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384421

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