St Peter's Vicarage is a Grade II listed house at 308 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London. Dating from the late 18th century, the building formerly stood within the grounds of Vauxhall Gardens and later became the parsonage of the adjacent St Peter's Church.
History The house was built in 1793–94 for Margaret Tyers, the widowed daughter-in-law of Jonathan Tyers, who had developed Vauxhall Gardens into one of London's leading pleasure gardens during the 18th century. The house was for a time known as the Manager's House. Historic England similarly records a tradition that it was occupied by the manager of Vauxhall Gardens.
Vauxhall Gardens closed in 1859 and most of its buildings were subsequently demolished as the site was redeveloped. Part of the eastern section of the former gardens was transferred to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for community and religious use. St Peter's Church, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, was built nearby in 1863–64, after which the former Tyers house became its parsonage. The Vauxhall Society describes the house as the only building on the former Vauxhall Gardens site to have survived both the clearance of the gardens and later 20th-century redevelopment.
The vicarage was designated a Grade II listed building on 22 October 1974. St Peter's Church, immediately to the east at 310 Kennington Lane, is separately listed at Grade II*.
Architecture The building is a three-storey house with a basement and a two-storey entrance bay. It is constructed principally of London stock brick, with a stucco sill band at first-floor level and a narrow cornice. A tall Victorian gable was subsequently added above the original structure; it has red-brick detailing and a three-light window beneath a Tudor-style relieving arch.
The other windows are predominantly sash windows beneath gauged brick arches. Those on the ground floor are set within round-headed recesses, and some original internal window shutters survive. The entrance is reached by four steps and retains a panelled door, flanking columns and pilasters, a cornice and a radial fanlight. A round-headed upper window is thought to be a 19th-century addition.
The brick wall along the east side of the front garden is separately Grade II listed. It dates from the 18th century or possibly earlier and was repaired or altered during the 19th century.
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