The Vicarage (55 Metres to West of Church)
THE VICARAGE (55 METRES TO WEST OF CHURCH), ARDELEY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174245
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Vicarage (55 Metres to West of Church)
- Statutory Address:
- THE VICARAGE (55 METRES TO WEST OF CHURCH), ARDELEY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174245
- Date first listed:
- 19-Oct-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Vicarage (55 Metres to West of Church)
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE VICARAGE (55 METRES TO WEST OF CHURCH), ARDELEY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE VICARAGE (55 METRES TO WEST OF CHURCH), ARDELEY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- East Hertfordshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ardeley
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 30756 27151
Details
TL 3027 ARDELEY ARDELEY (south side)
9/14 The Vicarage (55m to W of church)
19.10.51
GV II
Vicarage. 1685 for vicar Robert Strut 'who built a fair Pile of Brick for a Vicarage-house at his charge' (Chauncy (1700) 64a). Altered C18. Extended to W c1824 for vicar E G Marsh with service wing extended to S. Later alterations 1843-85 largely removed in C20. Red brick with main range plastered and lined as ashlar. Steep roofs now slated. S service wing hipped. A 2- storeys, attics and cellar T-plan house facing N. Oldfield dwg c1800 (HRO) shows a 2-cell central entrance passage house 5 sash windows wide with rear-lateral chimney to E part and gable chimney W part. There was a C17 gabled stair tower central at rear (S) and an C18 2-storeys service wing projecting to SW. The main range was extended 2 windows in length to W in C19, the large polygonal bay windows added to E and W gables, and a new small entrance wing at the SE corner next the stair tower, with new front door. The front has 7 recessed sash windows to each floor with 6/6 panes. Attics lit by gable windows. Interior has a good closed-string late C17 staircase with heavy moulded balusters and pendants to newels, rising to attic storey. Carved wooden fireplace said to be of C17 and restored in 1933. (RCHM (1911) 36: VCH (1912) 194: RCHM Typescript).
Listing NGR: TL3075627151
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 159507
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, A, The Victoria History of the County of Hertford, (1912), 194
Other
Inventory of the Historical Monuments of Hertfordshire, (1910)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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