The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1950. Vicarage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- odd-gravel-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1950
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, High Street, Much Wenlock, TF13 6AL
- OS grid reference
- SO 620 997
- Coordinates
- 52.59425, -2.56172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a late 18th century building located on the south side of Much Wenlock High Street. It is constructed of red brick and stands three storeys tall, featuring three sash windows. The entrance is highlighted by a moulded wood doorcase with an open pediment and a segmental fanlight above it. The building has plain eaves and a steeply-pitched hipped roof, with a chimney stack positioned at the center. Additionally, there are slightly later wrought-iron gates and railings. The Old Vicarage is part of a group that includes Nos 9 to 34 (consecutive) and the Gaskell Arms Hotel.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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