Building record 3084/0/76 - The Old Vicarage

The Vicarage was built in 1833 replacing an earlier vicarage was described in 1816 as being in a 'wretched state of repair', although some of this earlier building appears to have been retained. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and brick with hipped Welsh slate roofs with chimney stacks on the ridge. The fenestration is mainly sliding sashes with rubble cambered arches and some under wooden lintels. The building has a projecting dining room to the east with a large bay window with French doors providing access to the garden.

{1} The Old Vicarage. In 1816 the vicarage was described as small and in a 'wretched state of repair', and was soon after replaced although some of the earlier building appears to have been retained. This new building survives in the centre of the present house which was constructed from designs submitted in 1833 by William Vendy, a builder of Bulwick, and Joseph Cousins, carpenter of Seaton. They estimated for the demolition of the older part of the house, presumably belonging to the vicarage mentioned in 1816, and for enlarging the remainder; their bill for £488.17.4. was paid in 1835 (Christ Church College, Oxford MS Estates 58; NRO, Plans of Parsonages, Box 3). In about 1860 a third storey was added to the central and northern sections.

The house has hipped roofs of Welsh slate and coursed rubble walls, the thin partitions of 1833–5 being of brick. The 1833 estimate provided for the replacement of timber lintels by ones of stone. The central block was partitioned in 1833–5 to form an entrance, stair hall, kitchen and lesser compartments; plaster cornices have roll mouldings referred to in the specification as mopstick mouldings. The two main rooms on the S., entered through a lobby, have grey marble fireplaces enriched with roundels or frets and estimated to cost £5 each in 1833.

{2} An early 19th century vicarage with later alterations. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and brick with hipped Welsh slate roofs with chimney stacks on the ridge. The fenestration is mainly sliding sashes with rubble cambered arches and some under wooden lintels. The building has a projecting dining room to the east with a large bay window with French doors providing access to the garden. Building was covered in scaffolding at time of Building File Survey.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 85/site 15 & Fig 105 (Series). SNN77384.

<2> Historic England, Unknown, Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments, Building File (Oral Report). SNN111577.

<3> Historic England, THE OLD VICARAGE, HARRINGWORTH, BF084532 (Archive). SNN115333.

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Feb 17 2025 7:04PM