Owston Vicarage

The house (left) was used as a temporary Vicarage during the period when the old Vicarage was pulled down and the new one was being built.

It is actually the old Hall of Owston, parts of which are said to date to the early 17th century.  It would have been the Hall occupied by the Adams family during their tenancy of, and later ownership of, the estate.  The front elevation shown in the photograph would have faced the road running between the Hall and Church, as shown on the map of 1772 by Thomas Jeffries.  It is however of Georgian style and was most likely part of the alterations commenced when the Cooke family acquired the estate.  The present roof is hipped, a style that came in during the mid 18th Century, so would also be part of these alterations.