Old Vicarage is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. Historic house. 4 related planning applications.
Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- rough-screen-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1967
- Type
- Historic house
- Address
- Old Vicarage, High Street, Newport, CB11 3PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 521 338
- Coordinates
- 51.98216, 0.21393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is an early 16th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on Newport High Street. It features cross wings at both the north and south ends, with exposed timber-framing visible on the west front of each wing. The building has two storeys, and the upper storeys of the cross wings jettied out over the front, supported by exposed joists. The south wing includes a carved bressummer. There are four windows, which are leaded casements, and the roof is tiled.
Local climate
Old Vicarage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.4°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 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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