Description

SX 45 SW MAKER-WITH-RAME FORE STREET (west side),
Kingsand

9/122 Maker and Rame Vicarage

GV II

House, now vicarage. Early C19 with later C19 and C20 alterations. Sandstone
rubble with brick dressings, hipped slate roof with crestings to ridge and rendered
stacks to front and rear of sides. Right side rendered.
Central entrance to double depth plan with central lateral passage and stair to left
end of passage. The 2 principal rooms are to the rear facing the garden; kitchen to
front right, small parlour/study to front left with stair to rear of parlour.
2 storeys on plinth and 3 windows, all 12-pane sashes, those at ground floor in
recessed bays with segmental heads to bays. Central 3-panelled door with overlight
and cornice on consoles, in moulded architrave. Left side has C20 garage attached,
4-pane sash and two 2-light casements at first floor. Right side has porch and 8-
pane sash at ground floor. Rear has ground floor verandah balcony on brick piers,
rebuilt C20, at ground floor 2 early C19 French windows with margin glazing and
glazed hoods, first floor has two 16-pane sashes and central 4-pane sash. Central
basement door.
Interior: Entrance hall has cornice with modillions and floral mouldings, double
inner doors with Gothic glazing. To the left end of the lateral passage, dog-leg
stair with wreathed handrail, ramped, stick balusters and scrolled string. To the
rear of the house, the two principal rooms facing the garden; these are joined by
side panelled double doors with segmental head. Black marble chimneypiece to room
to left, white marble to right. The French windows have boxed heads with pediments
and acroterial ornaments. Both rooms have elaborate plaster cornices with tiered
mouldings including acanthus. All 6-panelled doors at ground floor. To front
right, small room front left kitchen. The house is said to have been built by a
doctor.
The plasterwork is in similar style to that at Higher Anderton House, Millbrook
(q.v.).

Listing NGR: SX4339750620

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26433441

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