Description

SU 09 NE DOWN AMPNEY DOWN AMPNEY VILLAGE
(north side)

8/98 The Old Vicarage and Pilgrims

II

Former vicarage, now divided into two separate houses. 1865 by E J Tarver.
Coursed rubble stone with flush quoins, stone slate roof, stone
stacks with large grouped brick flues with oversailing courses.
Double range. Range to south, The Old Vicarage, of 2 storeys and
attic with former bell tower and chapel on south-east corner. Four
windows, 2-storey projecting canted bay to left with 1/3/1-light
stone mullion and transoms, and 3/2/1-light wood mullion and
transoms to rest. Ground floor similar but with segmental stone
heads to non-bay windows. Three hipped dormers. Small octagonal
bell tower of 2 storeys with narrow door on ground floor and carved
inscription recording Vaughan Williams' birth, small chapel with
tile floor and 2-light window to west, 3-light to east. Interior
of house completely altered. Range to north, Pilgrims, former
front of house, of 2 storeys, with mid/late C18 cottage linked by
gateway to left. Large projecting steep gabled 2-storey porch to
left with sprocketed roof, pointed arch window with blind arch and
2-light wood mullion and transom over entrance across corbelled out
corner, with shouldered arch, roll moulded jambs and half-glazed
door. Two small gables to right of different sizes with one and 2-
light wood mullion and transoms, and 3-light below with segmental
head, with blocked window to right. Cottage to left of rubble
stone, stone slate roof and stone ridge stack, 2 storeys with
scattered fenestration, mostly casements. Birthplace of Ralph Vaughan
Williams on 12th October 1872.

Listing NGR: SU0986497193

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26382332

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  For the Record