Old Vicarage (EHER 25354)

Late 15th century timber framed house with 17th and 19th century additions. A section of Roman wall is preserved in the wall plate to the north-west (EHER 83286).

February 1967. Grade II* listed. A late 15th century timber framed house with 17th century plaster details and 19th century ground storey additions on the east side. On the east side the upper storey has plaster panels with swags and a centre oval panel with the date 1672. The interior has richly moulded beams and wallposts. <1> The Old Vicarage is thought to be a Priests House. It is 15th century in date, two-storeyed and jettied to the north and west. It may also have had a secondary function as a public-building, possibly a marriage-feast house. <2> The north-west corner of the building, at Church Street, encorporates a section of Roman flint mortar wall into the wall plate of the building, see EHER 83286. NRHE data transfer: The Old Vicarage, Church Street (TL 50634277, sited from plan) is of late 15th century origin with 17th century plaster details and 19th century ground floor addition on the east. On the east side upper storey is a plaster panel bearing the date 1692. Grade 2*. <3> <4> <5>