The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Vicarage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- tattered-jamb-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, 49 Rook Tree Lane, Stotfold, SG5 4DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 220 367
- Coordinates
- 52.01571, -0.22271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a vicarage dating to 1831-2, designed by William Yorke, who was a surveyor and builder from Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. It is constructed of mottled yellow brick with a hipped slate roof. The building follows a double-pile plan and has two storeys plus a basement.
The south elevation was originally symmetrical with three bays, but has been slightly altered. A projecting pedimented bay dominates the centre. Originally, each bay featured a round-arched recess on the ground floor; the left-hand ground floor bay now has a slightly projecting panel. Each bay has a sash window with glazing bars, although the left-hand ground floor window has been enlarged. A doorway in the central bay leads up six steps to a flush panel door surmounted by a semi-circular fanlight with ornamental glazing bars. Integral brick stacks are visible on the side elevations. Plans and specifications are documented in the Bedfordshire Record Office (X392/7/1-9).
Local climate
The Old Vicarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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