Description

SE44NW WALTON MAIN STREET
LS23 (north side)

2/133 The Old Vicarage
30.3.66

GV II

Vicarage now private house. Dated 1684 but with earlier core; extensive
later additions and alterations. Some internal timber-framing encased in
coursed magnesian limestone, shaped tile and pantile roof. Irregular plan:
original L-shaped house with front-left wing; later side wings. 2 storeys,
1:1:1 windows to 1st floor. Doorway set back on right of front wing has
moulded, quoined jambs, depressed ogee lintel and recut datestone under
stepped hoodmould which continues to left over a 2-light horizontally-sliding
sash window with glazing bars. Wing on left has an intact 3-light double-
chamfered, mullioned window with hoodmould under an inserted 3-light casement
with glazing bars; rounded kneelers and chamfered gable copings to a steeply-
pitched front gable with cement-rendered apex stack. Returns of front wing
have 2-light horizontally-sliding sashes with glazing bars, that on left
return in an original double-chamfered opening with hoodmould. Side wing on
left has casement window to ground floor and C20 3-light mullioned window
over; stone end stack on left. Side wing set back on right has C20 casement
windows to each floor and ridge stack at junction with earlier range.
Interior: at internal angle of original house is a wall post with braces to
wall plate of the front wing and to a roof-truss tie beam; there is another
wall post at the other end of the tie beam (possibly inserted). Front wing
has moulded spine beam to ground floor and scratch-moulded cupboard on right
of fireplace; C17 panelled door into room above.

Listing NGR: SE4416247791

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599931

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)