Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Vicarage. 1 related planning application.
Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- proud-fireplace-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- Old Vicarage, Mitford Road, Benhall, IP17 1JA
- OS grid reference
- TM 375 613
- Coordinates
- 52.19903, 1.4754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage dates to around 1810, with later additions. It is a brick building, featuring a white brick facade and a slated roof. The east wing is likely the original part, with a two-window front. It has sash windows with glazing bars set in cased frames, flat brick arches above the windows, and wide, bracketed eaves. A three-light bow window is present on the east facade. To the west is a lower two-storey section with a two-window front, also featuring sash windows with glazing bars – with three-light sashes on the left-hand side. An asymmetrical doorway, now set within a modern brick porch, leads to a mid-20th century half-glazed door. The Reverend John Mitford (1781-1859), a writer and editor of the Gentleman's Magazine, served as vicar here from 1810 until his death.
Local climate
Old Vicarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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