Description

SX 25 NE MORVAL MORVAL

4/55 The Old Vicarage -

II

Vicarage now private house. Circa mid to late 1840s partly remodelled in 1880s. Vicarage rebuilt by John Hawkins Hext who was admitted in 1843. Stuccoed elevations with rusticated quoins to south front with slate roof with hipped ends arranged around a central well. Rendered projecting chimney stacks on hipped ends of 1840s south range and rendered axial brick chimney stack to kitchen on west. 2 principal rooms on south garden front and a hall passage behind leading from left (west) side entrance to stair well on right (east) side. The hall passage separates the principal south rooms from service rooms on the rear (north) side. 2 storeys regular south front with rusticated quoins. Large 2 storey bay window projection added in the 1880s to left with blocked opening near centre and tall C19 12-pane sash to right. First floor with sashes without glazing bars in projecting bay on left and 2 C19 hornless sashes to right with margin glazing bars. West front with right-hand side set slightly forward with rusticated quoins and projecting chimney stack. To left, 2 C19 16-panes sashes, one with horns, with projecting stuccoed porch with slate roof and segmental arched opening. First floor with 3 sashes with margin glazing bars above ground floor openings. Interior with doors, doorcases, shutters, chimney pieces and plasterwork largely intact. Entrance hall with stone and slate flag floor; drawing room with C19 marble chimney piece with plasterwork cornice decorated with egg and dart motif; dining room on south east with 019 chimney piece and ornate plasterwork cornice decorated with egg and dart motif, vine leaves and grapes and central open well stair with thin turned balusters on square bases and ramped rail. Polsue, J Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall. 1867-73 reprinted 1974.

Listing NGR: SX2597156646

External Links

• Wikidata Q26431226

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
• 
  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas