The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- nether-porch-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, 30, High Street, Stagsden, MK43 8SQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 981 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13108, -0.56715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a large former vicarage built in the mid-19th century, with a datestone indicating the year 1844. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and has a clay tile roof. It features an L-shaped plan with one arm that is double pile and of unequal sizes, suggesting earlier architectural elements. The structure has two storeys and attics, with one external stack and stone coped gable ends. The eaves are moulded, adding to the decorative detail.
On the north elevation, there is a central bay that is slightly set forward, which includes a small ground floor oriel window and two ground floor three-light windows with stone mullions. The east front gable end features a three-light window on the first floor beneath the datestone and three-light French windows, all of which have glazing bars. The south elevation has a double gable end on the right side that projects forward, complemented by a hipped bay window. Additionally, there is a porch adorned with fish-scale tiles and a recessed door located in the angle of the L plan.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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