Description

STOKE CANON HIGH STREET
SX 99 NW
3/39 The Old Vicarage
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GV II
House, formerly the vicarage. 1848-51. By St Aubyn. Dressed and coursed Thorverton
stone, with slate gabled-end roof. L-shaped plan with front wing, all 2 storey;
with single-storey kitchen block at left-hand end. Front: asymmetrical, 4 bays.
Left-hand bay brought out as gabled wing, 6-light window to each floor and massive
external lateral stack, with wing front. Right-hand bay dominated by lateral
external stack, with weatherings. Both stacks with moulded brick Tudor-style
chimneys. 2 central bays, each under small gable containing small window, with
brick infill; asymmetrically placed leaded windows, with tall stair window with
leaded panes to left of main entrance, a pointed single-chamfered stone arch.
Kitchen block with large end stack treated as the others. Rear elevation: 4 bays
separately gabled, the end ones taller than central pair. Four 2-, 3- and 4-light
windows to ground floor, all leaded, four 2- and 3-light windows above. Casements
largely renewed. Bargeboarded throughout with small pendants at gable apexes.
Main right-hand room with elaborate chimney piece, stone, the lintel supported by a
frieze of shields and fleurons in concave moulding. Replica Georgian terrace
balustrading each side of house does not form part of the listed description.

Listing NGR: SX9390997972

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26389870

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Recommended Books

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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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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)