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
- crooked-chapel-honey
- 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, Vicarage Close, Ravensden
- OS grid reference
- TL 078 544
- Coordinates
- 52.17788, -0.42396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that dates from the 17th and 19th centuries. The earlier section features a timber frame with a colour washed rough cast exterior and an old clay tile roof. It is designed in an L-shape, with two storeys and attics in the southwest wing and two storeys in the northeast wing. The windows are mostly 20th-century casements with glazing bars. A red brick ridge stack is located on the main block, aligned with the door. There is a 20th-century porch and a lean-to addition on the northwest side. The later section to the southwest is made of colour washed brick and also has an old clay tile roof. The ground floor features sash windows with glazing bars, which have cambered heads.
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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