| Old Vicarage, Glasbury | |
| Type: | Hall house |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Coordinates: | 52.0436°N -3.2011°W |
| Location: | Glasbury, Powys, Wales |
| Built: | Medieval |
| Architecture: | Vernacular |
| Governing Body: | Privately owned |
| Designation1: | Grade I listed building |
| Designation1 Offname: | Old Vicarage |
| Designation1 Date: | 25 February 1952 |
| Designation1 Number: | 8734 |
| Designation2: | Grade II* listed building |
| Designation2 Offname: | Barn at Old Vicarage (including attached granary and stores) |
| Designation2 Date: | 18 September 1960 |
| Designation2 Number: | 8755 |
The Old Vicarage is a house dating from the medieval period in the community of Glasbury, Powys, Wales. Now a private house, it is a Grade I listed building.
The origins of the building are of the 15th century. Both Cadw and Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, in their Powys volume in the Buildings of Wales series, suggest that it was established as a form of grange by St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester. This interpretation is supported by the large tithe barn which stands adjacent to the vicarage. In the 17th century, the resident vicar was Alexander Griffith, (died 21 April 1676), a Welsh divine and author.[1] The vicarage was sold in the 20th century, and is now a private house.
The vicarage was built to a Hall-house plan, and was subsequently altered in around 1611. Single-storyed, it is constructed of sandstone rubble with dormer windows under a slate roof. There is a large amount of original, and elaborate, wood carving, centred on three cruck trusses with decorated wall and king posts. Those in the hall are "fine and unmutilated". The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales describes them as "exceptionally ornate". The vicarage is a Grade I listed building and the adjacent tithe barn is listed at Grade II*. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust considers the vicarage to be, "one of the best preserved of the smaller medieval houses in the region".[2]