The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. Former vicarage.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- eternal-tracery-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, South Side, Stamfordham
- OS grid reference
- NZ 076 719
- Coordinates
- 55.04214, -1.88143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that has been converted into two houses. It dates from the 17th century and early 18th century, with partial remodeling completed in 1764 for Thomas Dockwray, and further additions made in 1847 by John Dobson. The building is constructed of dressed stone with ashlar dressings and features a double-span roof covered with graduated Welsh slate.
The facade is divided into three sections. On the right, there is a two-storey, four-bay projecting section. The left bay contains a half-glazed door with an architrave dated 1764, a pulvinated frieze inscribed "AEDES HAESCE LABENTES REFECIT THO DOCKWRAY," and a pediment adorned with Rococo decoration and a shield. The ground floor includes a 12-pane sash window, a 4-pane sash window, and a French window. There is a broad band on the first floor and a narrow sill band, with 12-pane sashes above. The roof is steeply pitched, featuring kneelers and renewed brick end stacks.
To the left, there is a one-bay section that is recessed and dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. This section has three storeys with narrow 12-pane sashes that have triple keystones and moulded sills.
Adjacent to the central section on the left is a three-storey, three-bay range that also features triple keystones but lacks moulded sills. It has a steeply pitched gabled roof with kneelers and an old brick ridge stack.
At the rear, the 17th-century section on the left is built with old, thick masonry and includes a large external chimney stack. This section has been extended to the right in ashlar by Dobson, featuring a six-panel door set within a pedimented Tuscan entablature, along with 12- and 9-pane sashes.
Inside, the drawing room from 1764 has panelled walls with enriched moulding and a dado rail, a multi-moulded cornice with dentils, and a wood Rococo chimney piece with a basket of flowers in the frieze. The dining room features a large early 18th-century fireplace with a segmental brick arch and a stone relieving arch, along with a large solid two-panel door. The former kitchen has a fireplace flanked by two segmental-arched cupboards with chamfered stone surrounds, and several two-panel doors are present throughout. The roof timbers date from the early 18th century, and the cellars, constructed by Dobson, have shallow segmental brick vaults.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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