Description

HUNSTANWORTH HUNSTANWORTH
NY 94 NW
4/63 (inset) Former vicarage
with terrace
retaining wall
and steps
GV II

Vicarage, now house. Circa 1863 by S.S. Teulon for Rev. Daniel Capper. Coursed,
squared sandstone of irregular sizes, with ashlar dressings; roof of dark blue
slates with slate-hung gable. L-plan. Varied levels and heights: south
elevation basement, one or 2 storeys, 4 bays. Main block at right has projecting
right entrance bay, with 2-centred open arch at right and flatter 2-centred
window at left under hipped corbelled oriel; right corner buttresses; Gothic-
style door in porch behind arch; crow-stepped gable. Set-back left bay of
basement and 2 storeys with 2-centred-arched ground-floor and square-headed
windows. Left bay gabled. Most windows sashes of late C19 type. Roof has
crow-steps on left return gable of main block; slate-hung gable on left return
of service wing below half hip; diagonally-set tall stone chimney at left; tall
ridge chimney on service wing. Open arch contains low patterned wood gates.
Rear elevation has decorative wooden canopy over partly-glazed door; rear of
service wing has pig-sty with stone feeding-trough in wall, and owl-hole with
stone shelf in shelter part.

Area wall has stone flags set in left end as steps to basement, and flat coping.
Retaining wall curves round right corner of house and has rounded coping and
upward-tilting steps curving down from right end.

Listing NGR: NY9492549134

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26568392

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)