The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1983. Vicarage, house.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
final-threshold-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1983
Type
Vicarage, house
Address
The Old Vicarage, Speen
OS grid reference
SU 433 683
Coordinates
51.41285, -1.37749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a mid-19th century vicarage that has been converted into a private house. It features additions made around 1860 to the west and alterations from around 1900. The building is constructed of red, partly vitrified brick with decorative diapering and has a red tile roof with coped gables. There is a large angled and ribbed chimney stack to the west, along with four other stacks that have overlapping capping. The design is asymmetrically gabled in an Elizabethan style.

The south front, which faces the garden, is 1½ storeys high and includes partly dormered sections. It showcases three gables of varying sizes and has brick mullioned and transomed windows that feature hood moulds and tile patching. To the right, there is a projecting square bay. The windows include roughly central glazed French casements and sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance is located to the east and has a moulded arched surround to the doorway, dating from around 1900.

Local climate

The Old Vicarage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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