Former Vicarage to St Marks Church is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 2001. House. 1 related planning application.
Former Vicarage to St Marks Church
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 2001
- Type
- House
- Address
- Former Vicarage to St Marks Church, 255, Old Marylebone Road, City of Westminster, NW1 5QT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 272 815
- Coordinates
- 51.51835, -0.16671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former vicarage to St Mark's Church was built between 1879 and 1880 by architects Spalding and Evans. It is constructed of red brick with Bath stone dressings and has a roof covered in brown Broseley tiles. The building has three storeys, a basement, and an attic. It features a canted bay window on the raised ground and first floors, which has four mullioned lights, with the first-floor lights being arched. To the right, there is a gabled porch with a moulded canopy and railings to the left front. Above the porch, a stone shield displays the Latin word 'SALVE' along with the date 1879 and a monogram. There is a single light with an arched upper section that aligns with the bay window, and a moulded string course runs above it. A two-light sash window is located on the second floor, topped by a corbel table. In the centre of the attic, there is a prominent dormer window with a pyramidal tiled roof that ends with a cast iron floral finial, and a chimney stack is positioned to the left. The interior has not been inspected. This vicarage was built to serve the newly completed St Mark's Church, designed by Arthur Blomfield in 1871-72. Along with the former church schools at 245 Marylebone Lane, these buildings create a cohesive group and were illustrated in The Architect on 21 February 1880.
Local climate
Former Vicarage to St Marks Church 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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