Description

NZ 12 SE BOLAM BOLAM VILLAGE

2/2 The Old Vicarage

II

House. Probably early C17 with extensive C19 alterations. Sandstone rubble with
ashlar dressings, roughcast at front and rendered at rear; moderately-pitched
Welsh slate roofs and two corniced gable stacks. Long and low front with attached
2-storey, single-bay section to left and gabled, single-bay wing to rear. 2-storey,
4-bay front has C17 doorway with chamfered jambs, Tudor-arched head and monolithic
lintel under hoodmould, in second bay from left; C19 4-pane sashes and tripartite
ground floor window to right. Right return has external gable stack with bread
oven projection to rear. Rear has mainly renewed 12-pane sashes in raised surrounds.
Roof has coped gables with shaped kneelers.

Interior: early C17 fireplace has wide segmental arch of sandstone ashlar, chamfered
jambs and rebuilt, brick-lined bread oven; late C17 dogleg staircase with moulded
string and handrail and two barley-sugar balusters per tread; several early C18
2-panel doors and a ground-floor room with early C18 raised-and-fielded panelling.

Listing NGR: NZ1980422484

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26414316

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)