Kurow Victorian Preservation Group member Pam Currall said the long-awaited plan delved deep into the history of the building, its environs, benefactor, architects and builders.
It also provided a list of "must do's" for the immediate, intermediate and long-term care to maintain the building for the present and future generations.
The preservation group has embarked on a mission to see the vicarage restored and available to the community and visitors.
Work has already started, including furnishing the building with many items donated by people in the community.
Mrs Currall said the 69-page conservation report was funded with a grant from the Lottery Grants Board environment and heritage fund and some fundraising by the group.
"We were lucky to get that [board] funding before the major [Christchurch] quakes," she said.
Some of the immediate work recommended in the report included getting a structural engineering report on drainage around the building, particularly the colder side; a report on earthquake strengthening; upgrading the electrical wiring; and painting the roof and woodwork.
Mrs Currall said the group was planning fundraising events, but already the vicarage was attracting interest.
"So far we have adopted a low-key approach, mainly through word of mouth."
Two groups of cyclists on the Alps 2 Ocean trail had stayed and there had been inquiries about accommodation and functions.
A landscape plan had been prepared which incorporated original features of the ground, and which would help make the vicarage and its attached chapel attractive as a "one-stop shop" for weddings, including accommodating the families.
The vicarage and chapel, built in the 1890s at Kurow's eastern boundary on State Highway 83, has a category 1 classification with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, recording it as a "special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage" site.
