Description

SS 54 SW WEST DOWN WEST DOWN

4/228 The 0ld Vicarage
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- II

House, formerly vicarage, but probably originally a farmhouse with C17 origins,
heightened and remodelled c.1820 when new front range added. Main range stuccoed
rubble with stuccoed channelled pilasters and some cob. Slate roofs with gable
end stacks and stack to rear. 3-sided courtyard plan with the stack to rear formerly
the lateral hall stack of farmhouse in probably 3-room and through-passage plan
with dairy added at right angles at lower end, but now with the upper end demolished
and incorporated into the projecting gable-ended stair turret to rear of the T-
shaped Georgian range. 2 storeys. Stucco voussoirs to 3-window range of hornless
sashes, 8 over 8 panes each side of round-headed window with intersecting glazing
bars over 2 large sashes 12 over 12 panes with original glass to each side of
porch with hipped slate roof and half-glazed panelled doors flanked by sidelights
and pilasters with moulded caps and cornice. Half-glazed inner door with fanlight
with glazing bars. Dentilled cornice to entrance hall containing open-well staircase
with moulded string and stick balusters.

Listing NGR: SS5149442122

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26610854

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)