Remains of St Marys Vicarage (The Chantry Building) is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. A Medieval Vicarage.

Remains of St Marys Vicarage (The Chantry Building)

WRENN ID
swift-cellar-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Vicarage
Period
Medieval
Address
Remains of St Marys Vicarage (The Chantry Building), the Newarke, City of Leicester
OS grid reference
SK 582 040
Coordinates
52.63088, -1.14064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of St Mary's Vicarage, also known as The Chantry Building, are likely from the 14th century but have undergone significant alterations over time. It is believed to have originally been constructed to house the Dean or one of the Canons of the College of the Annunciation of St Mary, which was dissolved in 1547. The building became St Mary's Vicarage in the late 17th century. Before its near demolition in 1949, it was a three-storey stone house with three window bays, featuring a slate gable-ended roof, rectangular window openings with wood mullions and transoms, and leaded panes. Currently, only the ground floor remains, which consists of coursed masonry and is rectangular in plan. It has a central pointed archway with a rectangular window on each side, and 19th-century fenestration with four-centred headed lights. The other elevations are patched with modern brickwork.

Local climate

Remains of St Marys Vicarage (The Chantry Building) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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