Description

SE4245-4345 BOSTON SPA HIGH STREET
LS23 (south side)

6/42 No 86 (The Vicarage)
and attached front
garden wall.

GV II

Vicarage and attached garden wall. c1830; extended late C19. Ashlar-
magnesian limestone, graduated slate roof. 2 storeys, 3 bays with attached
screen walls, that on left later incorporated into a 2-storey, 1-bay wing;
attached wall enclosing rectangular front garden. Main house has rectangular
stone steps to central panelled door with 3-pane overlight, flat arch and
peaked canopy on shaped wooden brackets. Flanking bays have unequally-hung
4-pane sashes in reveals with projecting stone sills and flat arches. lst
floor: central sash with glazing bars flanked by 16-pane sashes in openings
as ground floor. Paired wooden gutter brackets; cement-rendered end stack on
left, stone end stack on right. Screen wall on right has blind window with
carved shield of Christchurch College, Oxford (patron); to its right a
doorway with boarded door. Wing on left has 4-pane sash (in position of
screen-wall blind opening) and small sash on left; sash with glazing bars to
1st floor; hipped left end to lower roof. Front garden wall: sweeps down
from screen walls to return and line pavement to High Street; domed copings
sweep up to square gate piers opposite front door. Rear of main house: 6-
panel door to left of centre under flat arch; 4-pane sash on left, otherwise
16-pane sashes with flat arches; round-headed sash with glazing bars above
door.
Interior:contemporary wooden staircase with square baluster rods and ramped
handrail.

Listing NGR: SE4257945814

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26478893

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)