The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Vicarage. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
tattered-terrace-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Old Vicarage, Church End, Renhold, MK41 0LX
OS grid reference
TL 089 528
Coordinates
52.1628, -0.40882
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage built around 1700, with later additions from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame with colour washed rough cast rendering, while the rear wings are made of colourwashed brick. The roof is covered with old clay tiles. Originally designed with a three-bay plan, the building was extended to the west in the late 18th century, and it includes a hipped wing from the 19th century and a wing dated 1911, both of which project from the rear. The structure has two storeys. The front elevation showcases 19th-century three-light casement windows and a projecting two-storey gabled porch with bargeboards and a drop finial. The entrance features a four-panel door, with the top pair glazed, set within a moulded surround that includes reeded pilasters, capitals, a frieze, and a modillion cornice. There is a red brick external stack on the east gable end.

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 97% 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 52% 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 0.3°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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