Description

1.
1042 LONDON ROAD

The Vicarage
SU 0061 3a/257

II

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Set back from road in large garden with fine trees. Circa 1830-40. 2 storeys
ashlar cut in small blocks (possibly Chilmark). This house consists of
2 linked parallel blocks the right hand one stepped forward to south west.
Plinth and sill course. Gable end and hipped slate roofs, wide eaves, low
pitch.
Entrance front: the projecting block has gable end with coping and scrolled
brackets to kneelers. 3 windows 1st floor one on projecting block blind,
recessed, sash, glazing bars, taller on ground floor with block sills. Stone
porch built out next to and partly over front of projecting block. Plinth,
block cornice, the blocking course returned to sill course on front. Small
solid pediment. Semi-circular arched entrance, block imposts carried in
to reveals of door. Double doors of 6 fielded panels, moulded case and
doorhead. Semi-circular fanlight with radial swagged glazing bars. Keystone
set in flush arch over.
South East front: projecting block has 2 tripartite windows to both floors,
recessed sashes, glazing bars intact, block sills to ground floor, similar
gable to that on entrance front at north east end. Recessed block on this
front has 1 window 1st floor, recessed sash with glazing bars, block sill.
Ground floor recessed French windows with marginal glazing.
The north west front of recessed block which is mainly a service wing has
late sashes on 1st floor, the ground floor windows with original sashes
and glazing bars.

Listing NGR: SU0109461609

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541940

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Recommended Books

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)