The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. Vicarage. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- tenth-gravel-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1953
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Acton, CO10 0AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 894 444
- Coordinates
- 52.06617, 0.76223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The original timber-frame and plaster structure was destroyed by fire in the 19th century and subsequently almost entirely rebuilt in flint, with precast stone quoins and dressings. The house features gabled cross wings at the east and west ends, arranged over two storeys and attics. It has a 1:3:1 window arrangement with casement windows. A gabled porch projects from the front facade. The roof is tiled, punctuated by two tall chimney stacks with attached diagonal shafts. The group value of this building lies in its contribution to the architectural character of the area.
Local climate
The 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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