Lower Vicarwood is a Grade II listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Farmhouse.

Lower Vicarwood

WRENN ID
sheer-groin-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Vicarwood, Off Kedleston Road, Mackworth
OS grid reference
SK 316 390
Coordinates
52.9483, -1.53002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Vicarwood is a farmhouse dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a plain tile roof with brick gable stacks. The building has a stone plinth, chamfered stone quoins, a stone band at the first floor, and a brick dentil eaves cornice. It is three storeys high and has a double range plan. The symmetrical east elevation consists of two broad bays, with a central doorway that has a stone lintel. This doorway is fitted with a 20th-century glazed door and a rectangular overlight, and it is flanked on each side by glazing bar sash windows under stone lintels. There are two similar windows above, and two smaller similar windows above those. Inside, there is a dogleg staircase with stick balusters and ball finials on the newels, and the roof features a kingpost design.

Local climate

Lower Vicarwood receives an average of 760 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 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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