Description

BELMONT BROOMSIDE LANE
NZ 34 SW
(South side)
7/13 Vicarage of St.
16/10/75 Mary Magdalene
with yard wall
and gateway
GV II (formerly listed
as Vicarage)

Vicarage with yard wall and gateway at rear. 1861-2 by Walton and Robson
of Durham and London. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and
plinth; Welsh slate roof. Stone rubble wall with ashlar coping and gateway;
wrought iron gate. Gothic style. Main block 2 storeys, 2 bays under front
gables; left service wing has 2 lower storeys, 2 bays; left extension one
storey, 2 bays. Boarded door with forked strap hinges at left in 2-centred-
arched surround under dripmould. Plate tracery in 2-light entrance-hall
window and in window above entrance; right bay has canted bay window with
steeply-pitched hipped roof; blank above, except for quatrefoil in gable
peak. Flush ashlar band at first-floor sill level, interrupted by bay window.
Service wing has 2-light stone-mullioned windows in left bay, single light
in first floor at right. One-storey extension has vehicle doors and 2 single
lights. Roof has steeply-coped ridge chimneys. Right return of 2 bays has
trefoil heads to 2-light windows in left bay; projecting bow in right bay
has shouldered heads to three 2-light windows. First-floor ashlar band
continues from front. All windows have sloping stone sills.

At rear, flat-coped wall c.one metre high steps up to form gateway and
continues to link to outbuildings. Wrought iron gate has scrolls of baroque
character.

Sources: plans in possession of vicar, signed Walton and Robson of London
and Durham, and stamped March 1861 with plan no. 5216; Morris and Harrison's
Commercial Directory of County Durham 1861, p.15, giving Walton and Robson
architects at 45 North Bailey and 18 Adam Street.

Listing NGR: NZ3056743606

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26452877

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)