108 BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM. 
CHAPTER IV. 
THE VICARAGE, LADYWELL, BROCKLEY, AND Honor Oak. 
T the corner of Ladywell Road stands the Vicarage 
House, and it is tolerably certain that this has 
been the position of the Vicarage for a very con- 
siderable period. The house which sheltered 
Abraham Colfe and his predecessors was doubt- 
less a timber-framed dwelling, and this by 1692 
had peloran so dilapidated that Dr. George Stanhope, Dean of 
Canterbury, who was appointed Vicar in 1689, requested permis- 
sion to rebuild it. From the report of the Commission appointed 
by the Bishop of Rochester, we gather that they ‘‘found the dimen- 
sions of the ground the old vicaridg house then stood on to bee 
vpon the flatt twelve square and 2 foote and to contain about 
16 or 18 roomes great and small, that it was ruinous and out of 
repair and not habitable,” and they recommended that ‘‘it be pulled 
down and the new house to be sett some few yards backwards 
more from the roade and into the orchard, and to contain upon the 
flatt 13 square and go foot and 12 roomes besides cellars.” 
Accordingly a faculty was issued to Dr. Stanhope on the 
3rd May, 1592, and in his diary, which is in the church safe, he has 
left us a complete account of the cost, which he defrayed himself :— 
1692 P®* for Serving and Return of the Comm. of View {£00 15 0 
1693 For faculty to build, entry &c., and Comm. under 
Seal &e. ... 02 17 10 
For pulling down the Old House and making goo d 
LENCES meer 07 4 0 
For clearing rubbish and digging the foundations 03 10 0 
To Mr. Moore for Timber cn acy BA 0) 50 KORO 
P« for 70,000 Place Bricks ae a = | 
10,000 Stock Bricks _... 3 ae - 54 06 oO 
and 2,000 Rubbing Bricks.. 
To Mr. Nich. Goodwin, oF Hamersmith 
To Bricklayers in part ... te sae tri in OT TOMS 
More to Bricklayers _... sts ie Si ~ 1S SOR a 
More for Bricks .. ae - : Pi ~ 23 O:em 
More for Timber .. Bre ots) Sep OUR 
To Carpenters for work on my ; House = SZ oom 
To Sawyers ae ade Acie ie ws soy 4 1 OZ RO 
To Plaisterers ... ae of. im Ne + AO 10120 
To Stonecutter ... ae tie ae Be x 27005 70 
To the Lime Man fat ae - i.) 30v'0o0! te 
For Sand and Carriage... Rie Cer - a.) OOO R20 
For Laths Nails and Tilepins ... ate as ... 0605 0 
For 2700 and half of Tiles a ar ce Key JO2D LEO 
To the Joyner... see as 5 .. 48 16 0 
To the Blacksmith wee & ane és 2 221040 
To the Locksmith = os th ae ico POSLIG TO: 
To the Glasier .. < ve 5 <i =: S05 LOO 
To the Plumber ... & a wae ae wi (2OSI 2D 
To the Painter : 25.05 0 
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