The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Vicarage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
calm-brass-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Old Vicarage, Holt Road, North Elmham
OS grid reference
TF 987 216
Coordinates
52.75588, 0.94394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick and features slate roofs. The building has two storeys and a three-bay facade with sash windows that include glazing bars set beneath skewback arches. One window on the first floor is blocked, while another has been replaced by a rectangular bay that contains two sash windows with glazing bars and horns, along with narrow sashes on either side.

At the center of the facade, there is an enclosed porch with a two-leaf part-glazed door, flanked by paired pilasters that support a plain entablature. The south facade has four bays on the first floor, which includes a later canted bay and a verandah below. The canted bay features a tripartite central sash-cum-French window, flanked by sash windows with glazing bars. The verandah has a glazed roof supported by decorative iron supports.

The east facade showcases a two-storey semicircular bay with three curved sash windows that also have glazing bars. The eaves are supported by paired brackets, which are truncated and partly obscured by an added fascia board. The building has hipped roofs and various chimney stacks. Inside, there is a fine staircase featuring square-sectioned balusters, a swept mahogany handrail, and an open string.

Local climate

The Old Vicarage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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