Description

ST NEWLYN EAST METHA ROAD
SW 85 NW
(South side)
1/40 The Old Vicarage

GV II

Parsonage house. C18 and c.1840-50 for Rev. Edward Dix. Killas rubble,
with slate roof.
Plan. Original building comprises a long range, to which a front block
was added mid C19 forming a double pile block with two reception rooms
with central stair hall, thus creating a fashionable symmetrical south
front. Transverse passage divides kitchen and former library in rear
block, with service rooms in west end of earlier build.
Two storeys. Elevation. Three bays, with central blind door. Plate
glass sashes to ground floor, 6-pane to first floor. Roof hipped.
Interior. Panelled shutters to main reception rooms on south front.
Stair with timber turned newels. Contemporary timber fire surrounds but
marble in library, which also has recessed shelves. Iron surround to
drawing room fireplace, and late C19 fireplace inserts on first floor.
Both dining room and drawing room have moulded and enriched cornices.

Listing NGR: SW8292956418

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430469

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)