Description

ACKLINGTON ACKLINGTON VILLAGE
NU 20 SW
(South side)
7/5 The Old Vicarage
GV II

Vicarage, 1861. Probably by James Deason, for the Duke of Northumberland.
Snecked stone with tooled ashlar dressings; graduated Lakeland slate roof
except for Welsh slates on outshut; 2 stacks rebuilt in brick and rendered.
Irregular plan. Free Tudor style.

2 storeys, 1 + 1 + 1 bays. Chamfered plinth. Projecting gabled centre has
boarded and studded door, with foliate hinges, in chamfered arch with moulded
hood; 2-light window to left and 3-light window above; low buttress on right
return and corbelled-out reduced stack on left. Left bay shows ground-floor
window, and right bay 2-light window in gabled half-dormer. Coped gables on
moulded kneelers. Ridge stack rebuilt on old base and small left end stack
with chamfered cap.

Left return shows 3-light transomed stair window above roof of outshut; to
left of outshut a single-storey kitchen wing with openings altered (except
for slatted gable window in left return, facing churchyard). Right return
of main house 2 gabled bays; slightly-projecting narrower right bay has more
steeply-pitched gable. Irregularly-spaced mullioned windows, those to ground
floor with transoms; off-centre gable stack on left bay has octagonal shaft
and chamfered cap. Similar fenestration to rear. All openings in recessed
and chamfered surrounds; all windows on front and right return are small-
paned iron-framed casements.

Interior: Door from vestibule to hall is identical to front door. Dog-leg
closed-string stair with stop-chamfered balusters, square newels and moulded
handrail.

Listing NGR: NU2268401892

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26652293

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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