Description

SE 43 SE LEDSHAM NEW ROAD LS25 (west side, off)

4/25 The Old Vicarage with stables at west end of rear courtyard

GV II

Vicarage, now house. Early C19. Sandstone ashlar and magnesian limestone rubble, slate roof. Rectangular front range with long service wing to rear of right-hand half making L-plan. Two storeys and 5 bays in classical style, symmetrical; ashlar in diminishing courses; pedimented tetrastyle Doric porch protecting glazed and panelled double doors with overlight and side windows; 12-pane sashed windows with splayed voussoirs and those at ground floor with aprons; low-pitched hipped roof with projecting eaves, a chimney stack behind each end of the ridge. The left return wall of 3 bays has recessed round-headed arches at ground floor, French windows in that to the left and the others blind, a 12-pane sash and 2 blind windows above. Continuing from the rear corner is a screen wall to the rear courtyard, approx. 3 metres high, the first half of ashlar with 2 blind windows or panels, and the remainder of coursed squared masonry with a doorway to the yard. The right-hand return wall has one 12-pane sashed window on each floor near the rear corner; and continued from this is the service wing of 2 lower storeys, which has similar windows, some coupled, and further continued is a coach-house (now garage), part raised to 2 higher storeys, and the gable end containing an elliptical-headed coach doorway; other features of this wing of less interest. Rear wall of house has inter alia a round-headed stairlight.

Interior: entrance hall with round-headed central arch flanked by coved alcoves, and through this arch an open well staircase.

At the far end of the rear courtyard, and attached to the screen wall, is a single-storey stable block of rubble with hipped stone slate roof, 3 stable doors and 4 windows (a,b,a,b,b,a) and mounting steps attached to the front wall.

Listing NGR: SE4538930085

External Links

• Wikidata Q26530651

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990