{"entry-date":"2013-01-29","start-date":"1952-10-20","end-date":"","entity":42155618,"name":"Old Vicarage","dataset":"listed-building-outline","typology":"geography","reference":"1154496","prefix":"listed-building-outline","organisation-entity":220,"geometry":"MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.926706 54.948372, -1.926723 54.94842, -1.926677 54.948425, -1.926681 54.94844, -1.926666 54.948442, -1.926672 54.948462, -1.926689 54.94846, -1.926694 54.948477, -1.926789 54.948467, -1.926786 54.948454, -1.926817 54.94845, -1.92682 54.948463, -1.926903 54.948454, -1.926929 54.948529, -1.926981 54.948524, -1.926922 54.948348, -1.926706 54.948372)))","point":"POINT (-1.926835 54.948424)","quality":"authoritative","notes":"BYWELL BYWELL NZ 0461 23/67 Old Vicarage 20.10.52 (previously listed as Bywell Vicarage) GV II Vicarage, dated 1698; rear wings 1901. Large rubble with roughly-shaped quoins and cut dressings; Welsh slate roof with rendered stacks. Rectangular block with central stair wing to rear. South elevation 2 storeys, 5 bays, symmetrical. Central old half-glazed door in bolection-moulded surround with pulvinated frieze inscribed MAT OWEN FECIT A.D. 1698; open and broken pediment enclosing oval cartouche with arms of See of Durham and fruit ornament. 12-pane sash windows in rebated stone surrounds with floating cornices and slightly-projecting sills. Coped gables have moulded kneelers with incised hearts, carrying ball finials; stepped end stacks. Left return shows blocked chamfered light on ground floor and 2 small blocked lozenge-shaped lights (each cut in a single slab) under cornices on 1st floor. Right return shows similar small blocked lights, oval on ground floor and lozenge- shaped above; to right, projecting end of north-east wing with canted bay, its 1st floor corbelled out, with paired sashes and moulded cornice. Rear elevation shows original stair wing with three 2-light mullioned windows, one blocked, the others with lead latticed casements. Interior: Old door furniture and bar behind front door. Framed newel stair with closed string, splat balusters, moulded handrail and square newels with moulded tops. Attics retain 2-panel doors with H hinges. Principal-rafter roof altered in late C18 or early C19; collars removed; purlins with tusk tenons.","listed-building":"1154496"}