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Latitude: 51.0063 / 51°0'22"N
Longitude: -1.975 / 1°58'30"W
OS Eastings: 401849
OS Northings: 122990
OS Grid: SU018229
Mapcode National: GBR 2Z3.ZCY
Mapcode Global: FRA 66RG.8D5
Plus Code: 9C3W224F+GX
Entry Name: The Old Vicarage
Listing Date: 15 February 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1244671
English Heritage Legacy ID: 450063
ID on this website: 101244671
Location: Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, SP5
County: Wiltshire
Civil Parish: Bowerchalke
Built-Up Area: Bowerchalke
Traditional County: Wiltshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire
Church of England Parish: Bowerchalke Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Clergy house
The following building shall be added:
BOWER CHALKE
CHURCH STREET,
SU02SW Bowerchalke
The Old Vicarage
1362-0/6/10001
GV II
Vicarage; now a private house. Circa 1840; late C20 extension. Chilmark stone, dressed at
front and with dressed quoins. Slate hipped roof with lead rolled hips and ridge. 2 red brick
axial stacks with moulded white clay pots. PLAN: Double-depth rectangular plan with 2
principal front rooms facing the garden, entrance on the right [NE] side to central stairhall
and with small service rooms at the back. Small late C20 single-storey extension on the left
[SW] side. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 2-window SE garden front with C19
16-pane sashes with stone cills. Doorway on right [NE] side with panelled and glazed door
and C20 glazed porch and with 12-pane sash above. Symmetrical 3-window rear elevation
with small 2-light casements with glazing bars; centre ground floor single-light casement.
INTERIOR: The interior is basically complete except that an opening has been made in the
wall between the two front rooms. The joinery is largely intact and includes panelled doors
and window shutters and a staircase with stick balusters and turned newels with finials. The
front right room, study and reputedly Collett's library, has a simple wooden chimneypiece.
The chimneypiece in the left room has been replaced. HISTORY: The Revd Edward
Collett lived at the vicarage from 1878 to 1924, where he published his weekly newspaper
the 'Parish Papers', described as "a remarkable record in village journalism". It was written
and printed privately on his own press at the vicarage. SOURCE: Sawyer,R.L., The
Bowerchalke Parish Papers, Collett's Village Newspaper 1878-1924
Listing NGR: SU0184922990
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