Description

CREDITON

SS834000 CHURCH STREET
672-1/6/15 (East side)
11/10/72 Glebe House
(Formerly Listed as:
CHURCH STREET
The Vicarage)

GV II

House, formerly the vicarage. Circa 1800, possibly a
remodelling of an C18 house; some alterations of the 1950s,
1980s repair. Roughcast, probably local volcanic stone rubble;
slate roof behind parapet; stacks with brick shafts.
Plan: Double-depth plan with central entry and service
courtyard to rear. Kitchen to rear left with wash-house and
storage buildings in a single storey wing at right angles to
the rear. Rear right contains a service stair, large pantry
and a servants' hall, which was connnected to the dining room
by a passage under the main stair, doors now blocked.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3-bay front with a cornice
with moulded brackets below the parapet. Cemented left and
right plain pilasters and first floor platband. Tuscan
doorcase with a broken pediment and panelled reveals. 6-panel
door, the lower panels flush, below a fanlight with a central
roundel and teardrop glazing bars. Early C19 windows,
8/12-pane sashes to the ground floor; 16-pane sashes first
floor left and right, 12-pane sash in the centre. The 4-bay
right return has false windows in the left hand bay, the other
bays have sashes matching those on the front. The left return
has a 1950s French window to ground floor centre, flanked by
false windows; similar false windows to the first floor above
them and an early C19 16-pane sash in the centre. The rear
elevation has a central recessed C19 rear door, the upper
panels glazed; one 16-pane sash lighting the old kitchen, the
other windows are timber casements. The service courtyard has
attractive pitched stone paving.
Interior: Rich in C19 fittings: decorated cornice in parlour
to left;white marble chimney-piece to dining room on
right.Joinery includes doors, skirtings and fitted bookshelves
in the study/library. The library to rear of parlour has an
unusual local volcanic trap chimney-piece which includes 2
massive carved foliage bosses below the shelf - these may have
originated from the parish church. Top-lit stair-hall to rear
of dining room: stick baluster stair with mahogany handrail
and mahogany newels to the landing, top-lit by glazing over a
central drum. Unusually, some of the service rooms fittings
also survive, kitchen cupboards and also a fitted buffet in
the passage which serviced the dining room.
A good quality, large-scale former vicarage. Surrounding cob
walls (q.v.) are separately listed.

Listing NGR: SS8362200382

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581214

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)