The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. House.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- waning-gallery-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, High Street, Old Warden
- OS grid reference
- TL 138 440
- Coordinates
- 52.08306, -0.33989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a house that was formerly a vicarage, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The original block features colourwashed roughcast render on the exterior, while the later rear block is constructed of brick. The roofs are covered with clay tiles and have decorative ridge cresting. The front block is two storeys high and follows a three-room plan, while the rear block creates an overall double-pile plan with a two-span roof.
The southeast elevation is symmetrical, with the ground floor showcasing two canted bays that have corbelled bases and leaded roofs. The first floor contains three 2-light casements, all with glazing bars. The central doorway features a moulded surround and a pediment door hood supported by cut brackets, leading to a six-panel door with the top two pairs being glazed. The entire front is adorned with wood trellis work, and wrought iron rose arches extend from the ground floor. Both gable ends have external brick stacks, which are partly colourwashed and topped with octagonal pots.
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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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