Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A Georgian House.

Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
pitched-flagstone-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
Old Vicarage, Birch Road, Layer-De-La-Haye
OS grid reference
TL 964 201
Coordinates
51.84544, 0.85038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is an early 18th century house with late 18th century alterations, constructed from red brick and topped with a grey slate hipped roof. It stands two storeys tall. The west front features a three-window range, with double hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars and internal shutters.

Local climate

Old Vicarage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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