The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Former vicarage.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- roaming-oriel-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1983
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, High Street, Great Barford
- OS grid reference
- TL 132 519
- Coordinates
- 52.15457, -0.3466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage dating from the early 18th century, with origins in the 17th century, and was refenestrated in the 19th century. It features colour washed render over brick, with some substantial timber framing visible in the interior of the rear block. The building has a slate roof and a double pile plan, consisting of two storeys and attics, topped with a two-span roof.
On the front elevation, the ground floor has three French windows on the left and a canted bay on the right, also with French windows. The first floor has five flush sash windows without glazing bars, and there are three box dormers with two-light casements. Red brick stacks are present at both gable ends.
The south elevation includes a front doorway set under a segmental arch, flanked by Tuscan pilasters, with a broad fanlight featuring glazing bars and sidelights. The door itself has two flush panels and four fielded panels. The north elevation has two-light casements beneath cambered heads, and there is a substantial brick stack serving the 17th-century hearth at the northeast corner of the east elevation.
Inside, the property retains painted wood panelling in the hallway and fielded panel shutters on the windows. Additionally, there are two parallel one-storey additions from the 19th century that project from the rear.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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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