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The Old Vicarage

A Grade II Listed Building in Thorverton, Devon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 50.8067 / 50°48'24"N

Longitude: -3.5288 / 3°31'43"W

OS Eastings: 292374

OS Northings: 101908

OS Grid: SS923019

Mapcode National: GBR LG.YFTV

Mapcode Global: FRA 36HY.WK9

Plus Code: 9C2RRF4C+MF

Entry Name: The Old Vicarage

Listing Date: 25 June 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240984

English Heritage Legacy ID: 439561

ID on this website: 101240984

Location: Thorverton, Mid Devon, EX5

County: Devon

District: Mid Devon

Civil Parish: Thorverton

Built-Up Area: Thorverton

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: Thorverton St Thomas of Canterbury

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

Tagged with: Clergy house

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Description


SS 90 SW THORVERTON THORVERTON
8/159 The Old Vicarage
25.6.74
II
Vicarage, divided into flats. 1840, by John Hayward of Exeter at a cost of £1,900.
Plastered and blocked out with bitumen-painted hipped slate roofs ; 5 stacks with
rendered or brick shafts.
Plan: Overall L plan with an approximately square on plan block facing north east and
a rear right wing. The interior has been gutted for conversion to flats and the
original internal arrangements can no longer be established from the present
building.
2 storeys. 3-bay front (north east) elevation with plinth, deep eaves, 12-pane
sashes (linger to the ground floor) and a shallow central porch with corner pilasters
and a large cornice.
The wing, with no plinth, also has 12-pane sashes. Some new doors date from the
1970s conversion. Timber bellcote on roof, bell-shaped and supported on 4 posts.
Interior : some fragments of plaster cornices and archways survive inside.
John Hayward was the leading ecclesiastical architect in the County in the 1840s and
50s. His parson houses include both Gothic and Classical designs.
Architect's drawings of the house survive in the DRO.


Listing NGR: SS9237401908

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