Description

PYRTON SU6895 13/124 Old Shirburn Vicarage 18/07/63

GV II

Vicarage, now house. Datestone 1788, for Paul Blackall. Header bond grey brick with red brick dressings; M-shaped half-hipped old tile roof; brick end and rear lateral stacks. Double-depth plan. 2 storeys; symmetrical 3-window range. Carved brackets to originally pedimented doorcase: 4-panelled door with decorative overlight. Gauged brick flat arches over tripartite sashes, except central blind top-storey window with keystone. Red brick flush storey bands. Mid C19 canted bay window to right and two 2-light leaded casements to rear. One-storey rear service range of Flemish bond brick with gabled old tile roof and 4-light iron casements with Gothick heads. Interior not inspected but likely to be of interest. Built as "a very comfortable and modern erection", on the site of the old rectory. It accommodated the vicars of Shirburn from 1885 to 1943. (V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.VIII, p.140; National Monuments Record, 1960/51-2 for measured drawings of 1874).

Listing NGR: SU6886195698

External Links

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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