Description

WANTAGE THE CLOISTERS
SU3987NE (North side)
9/164 The Vicarage
03/12/69

GV II

Vicarage. c.1850, by G.E. Street for Rev. W.J. Butler. Limestone ashlar; old
tile roof; limestone ashlar stacks. L-plan. Gothic Revival style, One storey and
attic; 4-window range. Gable wall of left projecting wing has cavetto-moulded
3-light cross-window with cusped heads, and hood mould over 2-light transomed
late C13-style window above. 2 offset buttresses on wall to right, with moulded
pointed arched doorway to original plank door with original fittings, flanked by
one-light transomed window with cusped head to right and 4-light cross-window
with latticed lights and iron grille to left; gabled half-dormer over door has 3
stepped latticed lights with iron grille and cusping to centre light. Cusped
rafters exposed at eaves, kneelers and cusped heads to coping. Gabled roof;
ridge and left lateral stacks. Similar detailing with bay windows to side walls.
Right side wall has 2 gabled projections and pointed-arched doorway to C20
service door. Similar one-storey gabled service wing to rear right, attached by
wall to coal-house in similar style with latticed lights. Interior: Original
detailing by G.E. Street, with fireplaces, doors, staircase, shutters and
panelling, noted as surviving.
(A. Gibbons and E.C. Davey: Wantage Past and Present, 1901, p.134).

Listing NGR: SU3964387936

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26494878

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Recommended Books

• 
  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)