The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1953. Former vicarage.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-kitchen-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1953
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Church Lane, Austrey
- OS grid reference
- SK 296 061
- Coordinates
- 52.65272, -1.56364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage built in the late 17th century to early 18th century, with a facade from the mid-18th century. The left range, dating from the 18th or 19th century, has undergone alterations in the late 20th century, while the right side features a cross-wing from the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of Flemish bond brick with a rendered plinth, a moulded string course, alternating rusticated quoins, and a painted moulded flood cornice with paired acanthus leaf brackets. It has old plain-tile roofs and brick end stacks. The design follows a central staircase plan in the mid-Georgian style and consists of two storeys with a five-window range, including a lower two-bay left range.
The symmetrical front features a six-panelled door within a moulded rendered doorcase that has a keyblock. An early 19th-century painted wood porch with slender columns, a glazed trellis-work top, and flat roof is present, along with glazed sides. The sashes have gauged brick flat arches with painted keystones on the ground floor, which abut the string course. The left range has late 20th-century casements with brick segmental arches on the ground floor, and a half-hipped roof. There is a lean-to addition across the return side, and the right addition has a cross gable and a blank wall. The rear features a slightly recessed centre with a late 20th-century half-glazed door, a window to the right, and a staircase window. The left bay has a 19th-century four-pane sash and an eight-pane sash above, while the right bay has 18-pane sashes with thick glazing bars. All openings have brick segmental arches.
The cross-wing on the left includes a large canted bay with four-pane sashes and a moulded entablature, with a 16-pane sash above. The right side has an irregular range. Inside, there is a quarter-turn staircase with turned balusters, square newel posts, and moulded drops, along with six-panelled doors and some moulded cornices.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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