The Vicarage is a Grade II* listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. A C16 Vicarage, house. 6 related planning applications.
The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- crooked-mortar-jay
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Vicarage, house
- Address
- The Vicarage, 39, Mill Street, Kidlington, OX5 2EE
- OS grid reference
- SP 496 143
- Coordinates
- 51.8255, -1.28038
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vicarage, now a house, dates from the mid-16th century, with a substantial extension built in 1853-4 by G. E. Street. The original fabric is of coursed limestone rubble, while the later extension is stone ashlar. The roof is gabled and covered in stone slate. Chimneys are prominent features, including a mid-19th-century stone ashlar stack to the right gable, a large external lateral stone stack to the rear of the original wing with an ashlar flue, and a similar lateral stack to the rear of the mid-19th-century wing. The building is arranged in an L-shape with a mid-19th-century wing added to the front right.
The 16th-century wing features a lean-to porch at the angle of the wings, which contains a 20th-century door set within a moulded stone architrave incorporating reused 16th-century casement mouldings, and a reset 15th-century two-light window with cinquefoil-headed lights. Three-light moulded stone-mullioned windows with arched leaded lights are present on the front and left gable end of the 16th-century wing, while the rear has 18th-century leaded casements. The mid-19th-century wing is of one storey and attic, with a two-window front and tympanum arches above the two- and three-light cinquefoil-headed windows. A similar restored 16th-century two-light chamfered stone-mullioned window is located to the rear. The interior has not been inspected, but is likely to be of interest.
Local climate
The Vicarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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