Description

ST4828 SOMERTON CP COW SQUARE (West side, off)

8/150 The Vicarage

17.4.59

GV II*

Vicarage. Medieval origins, reshaped and extended 1815 and later. Local lias stone cut and squared, Ham stone
dressings; plain clay tile roofs, some hipped, some gabled with or without copings; stone chimney stacks. 'L'-plan; 2
storeys with attics: east entrance elevation 2 bays + 2 bays returning : south wing has 12-pane sash windows, but to
lower bay 2 offcentre is a 6-panel door with glazed toplight set in open timber and tiled porch; return eastwards has,
on south face, 3-light hollow-chamfered mullioned windows with labels and horizontal bar casements, and on east gable
three similar windows, of which the attic is only 2-light. west, garden, elevation, of 4 bays, has chamfered mullioned
windows to bay 1 of 3-lights, the lower with transome; bay 2 has composite sash window of 4+12+4 panes, and above, set
under a coped gable, a pair of 15-pane sash windows set into the moulded recess of a c1500 window, with label over; bay
3 has 12- pane sash windows, bay 4 a slightly projecting chimney stack. south end gable features early C19 angled bay
window of 2 storeys, with 12-pane sash windows each face, the lower centre being extended to form French door, which
has light metal-work porch with ogee metal hood. Inside, much of the work, including the staircase is of c1815, but one
room on west side has a deep double-wave moulded beam-and-panel ceiling of 9 bays, relic of a late medieval range
incorporated into the north wing, which could be the solar wing of a yet earlier house; east end has partition truss at
first floor level separating room with formerly an open timber roof; below this a cambered arched doorway and an
inserted fireplace of C16/C17 on south wall; said to be sealed in over suspected solar is a 4-bay roof of arched braced
collar bead trusses with 2 chamfered through-purlins to each slope, and 3 tiers of windbraces, the top with curves
reversed; the feet only of two trusses visible from below. (VCH, Volume III, 1974).

Listing NGR: ST4899628645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554109

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Recommended Books

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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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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)