Description

HERTFORD

TL3212NE CHURCH STREET
817-1/17/43 (West side)
12/04/73 No.8
The Old Vicarage

GV II*

House, formerly vicarage to All Saints Church, Queen's Road
(qv). C15, with C17 rebuilding, C18 and C19 alterations,
Timber-framed and stuccoed, machine tiled roof with wave
profile cut bargeboards and fascias to front, red brick
chimneys with tall orange clay pots. Hall with cross wings
plan, though only south cross wing is of evident C15 date, the
remainder of visible fabric being of C17 and C18 date; north
cross wing has lobby entry plan. EXTERIOR: front elevation has
projecting gabled cross wings left and right with 2-storey
mullion and transom bay windows having leaded light glazing,
lead covered roofs and stuccoed spandrels. Recessed centre
with central 3-light wood casement having divided glazing and
projecting architrave surround with cut consoles below ends of
sill. Ground floor has similar 2-light windows left and right,
and central doorway with 7 panel door within moulded surrounds
incorporating slim top panel bearing the date '1631', set in
early C18 architrave surround with pediment supported on cut
profiled consoles.
Left-hand (south) flank elevation first floor has 2 paired mid
C19 flush-set sashes with divided glazing, left and right, and
central 2-light casement. Ground floor has mid C19
conservatory at left, 2-light casement at right matching sash
above, and central twin leaf doors with three quarter margin
glazing and panel below with cornice hood raised on consoles.
Right-hand (north) flank elevation has 2-storey canted bay
with mullion and transom window with ovolo mouldings on first
floor, now with plain and divided glazing, and modern wood
casement with leaded glazing on ground floor; projecting gable
above.
INTERIOR: hall of 2 bay width with arched fireplace on south
wall, central beam with chamfer, roll and ogee tongue stop,
6-panel doors in broad architrave surrounds. South ground
floor room of 2 bays with heavy section beams carrying remains
of chevron and circle painted decoration. These beams were
originally jettied to east with mortices for brackets in
middle binder. Dining room to north of hall has fireplace on
cross wall and cyma pattern wood cornice, and a cross beam
with chamfer, roll and tongue stop.
Stair hall built to west of entrance hall early C18. Stair

with Tuscan column newel, open string, column on vase on
bobbin balusters and moulded handrail. Dado with rail matching
ramped profile of stair rail. Early C18 quadrant bar landing
window, bold coved cornice. North stair alongside chimneystack
has newels with ball finials, long column on combined
urn/bobbin balusters and moulded handrail.
South crosswing roof has 2 bay crown post structure, ceiling
raised above tie beams in rooms above hall c1950, purlin roof
over centre and north cross wing. Cellar below entrance hall
has red brick walls.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the building remained church property until
1760.
(Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England): An
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire:
London: 1910-: 111-12; The Buildings of England: Pevsner N:
Hertfordshire: Harmondsworth: 1977-: 190; Smith JT:
Hertfordshire Houses: Selective Inventory: London: 1993-: 83).

Listing NGR: TL3269412501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554153

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