The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- haunted-window-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Braintree Road, Shalford, CM7 5HH
- OS grid reference
- TL 722 292
- Coordinates
- 51.93479, 0.50386
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a house dating from around 1500 or earlier, with alterations made in the 16th century and early 19th century. The building features a mix of construction materials, including partly timber framing and plaster, as well as red brick laid in Flemish bond, topped with a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main hall range consists of three bays facing southeast and includes a late 16th-century axial stack in the middle bay. To the right, there is an early 19th-century crosswing with two end stacks, creating an irregular T-shaped plan.
There are two single-storey extensions: a lean-to in the west angle and another to the northwest of the hall range, both dating from the 19th century. A 20th-century lean-to conservatory or porch is located in the south angle. The hall range has one storey with attics, while the crosswing has two storeys.
On the southeast elevation, there are two 19th-century casement windows, an early 20th-century bay of casements, and three 19th-century casements in gabled dormers, along with a half-glazed door. The northeast, or garden, elevation features an early 19th-century sash window with 16 lights, an early 20th-century bay of casements, and on the first floor, one similar sash, one reproduction from the 20th century, and one early 19th-century sash with 12 lights. The central entrance has a six-panel door with glazed top panels and a fanlight with cast iron radial tracery, dating to the early 19th century.
In the southwest gable end, the upper storey has two 2-light windows, each with one wrought iron casement, diamond leading, and some early glass; one window is from the late 19th century, and the other from the late 18th century. The hall range features jowled posts, heavy studding, and an inserted floor, with a transverse beam that is moulded on one side only. The joists are of horizontal section and moulded, all having unusual chip-carved stops. Some of the floorboards are original. The roof is constructed with crownposts and axial braces, some of which are severed, and is smoke-blackened.
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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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