The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1972. Vicarage.

The Close

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stratford-on-Avon
Constituency
Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1972
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Close, Loxley
OS grid reference
SP 259 530
Coordinates
52.17501, -1.62257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Close is a former vicarage, now a house, built around 1820 with later additions. It features painted brick with a stucco front and a hipped slate roof with brick ridges and cross-axial stacks. The building has a double-depth plan with extensions to the left.

The exterior is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window range, with the centre section breaking forward. The entrance features a moulded doorcase and a glazed door set in panelled reveals. The ground floor windows are set in segmental-headed recesses and have small-paned cross-casements with labelmoulds above. The first floor windows are similar. The right side of the building has two windows on each floor, also with labelmoulds and similar casements. To the left, there is a single-storey range with casement windows. A small 20th-century addition is located at the rear.

The house stands in an important position across the road from the church. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Close receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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