The Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 March 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Parsonage

WRENN ID
errant-portal-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Stockton West MP: Matt Vickers (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 March 1967
Type
House
Address
The Old Parsonage, 54, the Green, Hurworth, DL2 2JA
OS grid reference
NZ 304 101
Coordinates
54.48573, -1.53154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Parsonage is a former parsonage house, now a private residence. It likely originated in the late medieval period, with substantial extensions added in the late 18th century and alterations in the 19th century. A restoration and refitting took place in 1935. The building is constructed of rubble, with roughcast on the front and returns. It has pantiled roofs with Welsh slates at the eaves, and rebuilt brick chimney stacks.

The building is two storeys high and comprises three bays, with an original three-bay section at the left and two later two-bay sections attached to the right. A late medieval studded door, featuring an affixed carved oak female head and an ogee-shaped lintel, is centrally located in the left section; according to local tradition, the door originated from the village church. Above this door is a 1935 stone lintel inscribed with the approximate date of c.1450 AD and 1935. A 19th-century three-panel door with intersecting tracery in a fanlight is located in the right end section. Scattered, mostly 12-pane sash windows are found in the altered openings. A round-arched stair window with radial glazing is positioned to the right of the older part of the building. The steeply pitched roofs, of differing ridge heights, slope from left to right. Each roof section features raised brick verges with corbelled-out kneelers and end stacks. The left return has 12-pane sash windows. The rear of the building also features mostly 12-pane sash windows, with a brick stairway on the far right leading to a boarded door that gives access to a former loft.

The interior is largely refitted to a 1935 design. The ground floor of the three-bay section retains 17th-century chamfered ceiling beams, a fire beam with a heck screen, and a salt cupboard.

Local climate

The Old Parsonage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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