Description

CALDECOTT
The Old Vicarage and attached walling to east
6/1

II

The address shall be amended to read:

The Old Vicarage

The description shall be amended to read:

Former parsonage, now two dwellings. Built 1863 for T W Gwillam.. Architect not
known but attributed on stylistic grounds to E F Law of Northampton. Coursed
ironstone rubble with limestone dressings; decorative tiled pavilion roofs with
elaborate ironwork ridge cresting. Regular central entrance hall plan with
separately roofed stair turret to rear; services and servants' accommodation
contained within annexes to right. 2 storeys with central attic block. Main range
with roundel eaves cornice above a corbel table which is interrupted by the first
floor window lintels; all windows with stone architraves with rounded corners;
continuous string course at first floor sill level. Quoining and 2 and 4-pane plate
glass hornless sashes throughout. Entrance front:symmetrical 3 window range,
central doorway with stone surround and plaque over containing the initials T W G
and dated 1863. Double panelled doors with rectangular overlight. Single-storeyed
extension (contemporary) contains services and connects with storeyed servants'
accommodation under pyramidal roof, simpler detailing. Left elevation, 1:3:1, the
middle section with canted storeyed bay and attic storey above, with pavilion roof
and flanked by bulky battered stone stacks. These are an important and original
element in the design and are conspicuous from the south elevation which comprises a
1:1:1 storeyed canted bay. Other elevations with rear of services carefully massed
and more simply treated. Interior not inspected but understood to contain its
complete fittings: stone fireplaces with unusual scooped and panelled surrounds and
moulded mantel shelves; boldly panelled doors in moulded stone surrounds. Door
furniture probably c1900. A remarkable house for its date with original massing and
detailing.

The list was amended in respect of this entry on 13 August 1990.

Listing NGR: SP8671494335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26530374

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