Description

ROMSEY
CHURCH LANE
1. VICARAGE
SU3421 and SU3521

5/250

II GV

Vicarage. Dated AD1855 on upper arch moulding over entrance porch. Benjamin
Ferrey, architect for the restoration of the Abbey Church (qv), in a C13 Gothic
revival style. Squared rubble in courses, ashlar quoins and details, slate
roofs, four stone stacks with red terracotta pots, offset plinth with chamfered
capping. Two storeys and attic. A rectangular block with a short gabled cross
wing on left of asymmetrical entrance front. Recessed front entrance porch under
a moulded pointed arch inscribed NISI DOMINUS BRUSTRA on lower moulding. Above
arch, a horizontal drip mould with eaved side drops encloses in the spandrels
a pair of circular trefoiled frames to recessed panels carved with monograms.
Moulded inner doorway with similar pointed arch, four panel door with upper
panels glazed. Walls of porch lined with white ceramic tiles. To left of porch
a tall 2-light window to stairwell: single transom and single quatrefoil plate
tracery, diamond pane leadlight glazing. To right of porch a triplet of lancets
with trefoil heads. On first floor a pair of lancets above porch and a similar
pair to right, all with Caernarvon arch heads. Between pairs of lancets a square
framed panel with quatrefoil enclosing a shield of arms painted red and gold.
Above, a dormer gablet with a stepped triplet of lancets with trefoil heads.
Gable end wall of wing to left has a moulded first floor string course and a
central stack projecting on corbels above a pair of lancets to ground floor,
and a single lancet to either side on first floor. The south front has a cross
gable to left crowned by a stack projecting on corbels above a sash to the attic
and a coped gabled dormer to right with a pair of lancets. On the ground floor
a triplet of lancets with trefoiled heads to left and right. A similar triplet
of lancets to first floor on right and a stepped triplet with central mullion
under a pointed arch hoodmould with eaved side drops. The garden front has
a projecting bay to right broached at top to a canted bay window on first floor.
Doorway with pointed arch in bay with glazed 4 panel door. A pair of lancets
to front of bay window with single lancet side lights. To left, an irregular
pattern of lancets with trefoil or Caernarvon arched heads on both floors.
A cross gable to left with a circular framed cinquefoil light to attic. Single
storey gabled service extensions on north side. Interior not inspected. Important
for group value with Romsey Abbey Church (qv) and the Primary School (qv).

Listing NGR: SU3502621280

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26526126

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide