The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1974. Former vicarage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- grim-cinder-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1974
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Church Lame, Riseley, MK44 1ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 039 630
- Coordinates
- 52.25566, -0.47914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that has been converted into a house. It dates from the 18th century and was rebuilt and extended in 1878, as indicated by a date plaque. The building features a colour washed rough cast earlier rear wing and a chequered brick front wing, topped with a clay tiled two-span roof. It has a double pile plan and is two storeys high, with attics in the rear wing.
The front elevation is characterized by three gables, with a central glazed front door set within a latticed porch. This door is flanked by recessed sash windows that have glazing bars and serrated edged hoods. On the first floor, there are three smaller sash windows that match those below. The rear wing primarily contains 20th-century casement windows, although the northeast gable retains a horizontal sash window in the attic, and the southwest gable has a sash window on the first floor.
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 96% 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 52% 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 — 2 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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