Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1991. A C19 House.

Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
north-trefoil-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1991
Type
House
Address
Old Vicarage, 48, the Street, Brooke
OS grid reference
TM 293 995
Coordinates
52.54506, 1.38164
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a house that likely dates from the 17th century, with its eaves raised around 1800 and a mid-19th century parallel wing added. It features a combination of rendered timber-frame and brick construction, topped with pantile and hipped slate roofs. The building consists of two parallel three-cell ranges, with a late 18th-century two-storey service wing located to the south.

The north facade, which serves as the entrance, is rendered and has three bays over two storeys. It includes a central doorcase adorned with fluted pilasters and a plain cornice, leading to a four-panel door. To the right of the door is a bow window with a curved 20-pane sash, followed by a small 20th-century window and then a 16-pane sash. On the first floor, there are two 16-pane sashes with a 12-pane sash in between. The right-hand gable return is pebbledash, while the left-hand gable return is made of painted brick. Gable-end stacks are present.

The south facade of the 19th-century range also has three bays and two storeys, featuring casement windows. The central entrance has a four-panel door, with the top two panels glazed, and is flanked by rendered pilasters, fluted consoles, and a plain cornice. There are bay windows on either side of the door and three casements on the upper floor, with all openings fitted with shutters.

Inside, the timber-framed range has been significantly altered around 1800. A notable feature in the upper room is a brick fireplace with a four-centred arch and a chamfered reveal.

Local climate

Old Vicarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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