Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1994. Former vicarage. 2 related planning applications.
Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-merlon-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Castle Point
- Constituency
- Castle Point MP: Rebecca Harris (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1994
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- Old Vicarage, Vicarage Hill, SS7 1PE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 782 864
- Coordinates
- 51.54875, 0.56899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that has been converted into a house. It was built in 1846, with some minor additions made in the late 19th century. The architect was George Devey, and this project is likely his first independent commission. The building is designed in the Gothic revival style and features Kentish ragstone, ashlar, and red brick dressings, topped with a handmade red clay plain tile roof and timber bargeboards.
The structure is two storeys tall with an informal rectangular plan and an asymmetrical composition. The front elevation has walls that are battered down to a splayed brick first-floor band, with a splayed ashlar plinth. There are two gables, the left one being taller, and a diagonal offset buttress at the left corner. To the right, there is a massive external chimneystack with an irregular offset buttress and detached shafts that have splayed bases. The central entrance features a moulded four-centred arch and a hood mould.
On the left (west) side elevation, there is a first-floor band and plinth similar to the front. The right gable is rendered. Various chimneys are present, including a massive buttressed external stack on the right and a low-level ashlar shaft in the centre. The southwest corner is canted with buttresses that contain a single light lancet and a quatrefoil light in the plinth.
The rear (north) elevation has three gables, with two bays on the left that are later additions above the first floor, featuring tile hanging and timber casements. There is a single-storey lean-to on the right and two pairs of 20th-century French doors. The right (east) side elevation has a gable on the left and tile hanging on the first floor to the right. There is a canted ground floor bay window on the right and a pair of round-arched windows in the centre.
Inside, the original staircase features a balustrade that is part-boarded and part with short thick plain balusters. The front left room has a boarded ceiling and arched recesses flanking the hearth with a plain surround. The front right room includes a fireplace with a stone basket arch.
Local climate
Old Vicarage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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
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