Description

THORPE-LE-SOKEN COLCHESTER ROAD
TM 1622-1722 (north side)

8/78 The Old Vicarage
11.6.81

- II

Wrongly shown on OS map as The Vicarage. House. 1823. Gault and red brick in
Flemish bond, roofed with slate. Double-pile plan facing SW, with 2 internal
stacks symmetrically arranged. Late C19 service range to rear right with hipped
roof of shallow pitch. C20 flat-roofed single-storey extension to rear left. 2
storeys and cellars. 3-window range of original sashes of 12 lights with flat
brick arches, the lower windows recessed in segmental arches. Central double
half-glazed doors in Greek Doric portico with fluted columns, triglyphs, and 3
stone steps. Chamfered plinth and corner pilaster strips. Hipped roof of
shallow pitch. Gault brick at front and sides, bonding with red brick at rear.
The building accounts are quoted in E.A. Wood, A History of Thorpe-le-Soken to
the year 1890, 1975, 156-8.

Listing NGR: TM1750522761

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26608422

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)