Site Event/Activity record ECH7192 - The Vicarage- Research and Recording

The Vicarage was built in 1846-48 to the design of the architect George Gilbert Scott for the Reverend John Armitstead, Vicar of St. Mary’s Church, Sandbach. Surrounded by a designed landscape of c.50 acres, it remained the residence of Armitstead vicars until 1941. Principal historic features remaining (from pictorial evidence): • house of 1846 built to the design of G.Gilbert Scott, • tree-lined drive, • trees and shrubs of C19th century planting, • woodland (part of), • boundary wall to former East parkland Significance: The significance of the site lies principally in the survival of the exterior of Scott’s building, and shrubs and trees in the vicinity of the house and in the woodland; these may date back to mid-Victorian planting