Description

LOWER ROAD
TQ 75 SW EAST FARLEIGH
(North Side)
2/49 The Old Vicarage
5.12.85
GV II

Vicarage, now house. Later C17, with early-to-mid C18 additions to left and
right. C17 section timber framed, gable end clad with galleted stone
on ground floor, and white brick above. Left addition red and grey brick
in Flemish bond to ground floor, with white brick above. Plain tile
roofs. Right addition buff brick in Flemish bond, with slate roof. C17
section of 4 timber-framed bays built at right-angles to road. Late C18
or early C19 addition at right-angles to left of front gable end with
further addition to left end. Addition of c.1830 at right-angles to right
towards rear of C17 section. C17 section 2 storeys and garret, on stone
plinth, rest 2 storeys. Flat eaves soffits to right addition.
Half-hipped roof to C17 section, hipped roof to right addition. Multiple
brick ridge stack in left slope of roof, in third timber-framed bay from
front. Further stacks to junction with left section, and to left gable
end and central corniced stack to right addition. Irregular fenestration
of 5 windows; one 4-light casement to left section, and one similar
window with top-lights to first floor of C17 section; two recessed 12-pane
sashes with splayed ribbed brick voussoirs and blind central window to
right addition. 15-pane sashes to ground floor of right addition, which
has 2-bay right return elevation. Half-glazed door in Doric architrave
to gable end of C17 section. Interior: some exposed framing. Staggered
butt purlin roof to C17 section. C19 staircase with straight balusters
and wreathed handrail. Said to have been occupied by Robert Wilberforce
[vicar 1832-1840).

Listing NGR: TQ7308253315

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554414

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings