The Old Vicarage
THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244671
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Vicarage
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
- 2001-06-25
- Reference:
- IOE01/03189/28
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1244671
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Vicarage
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREET
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 OLD VICARAGE, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bowerchalke
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 01849 22990
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 450063
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Sawyer, R L, The Bowerchalke Parish Papers Colletts Village Newspaper 1878-1924,
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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