The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- rooted-render-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Church End, Elstow, MK42 9XT
- OS grid reference
- TL 048 474
- Coordinates
- 52.11564, -0.47067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a house, originally a vicarage, dating back to an earlier structure reworked in 1796, with 18th and 19th century wings added to the rear, and 19th century replacement windows. The exterior is pebbledash render over brick, likely concealing an earlier timber frame. The roof is tiled with clay. The front block is two stories and comprises a four-room plan, with later blocks projecting from the rear. The front elevation features a variety of 19th century mullion and transom windows. A gabled porch with a clay tile roof is present. A red brick stack with multiple ridges stands between the two right-hand bays. The building is listed for group value.
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 95% 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, more than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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