Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1979. Vicarage.
Vicarage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1979
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- Vicarage, 83, North Road, Midsomer Norton
- OS grid reference
- ST 661 543
- Coordinates
- 51.28769, -2.48678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vicarage, dated 1844, is a Tudor-style building located on North Road in Midsomer Norton. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features a weathered string course over the ground floor. The roof is made of modern concrete tiles and has two ranges with coped verges and two saddlestones. The right-hand gable end is adorned with crenellated octagonal chimneys and two sets of diagonal chimney stacks. A tall central gabled break includes a narrow attic light.
On the first floor, there are two mullion and transom windows along with two narrower windows that have dripmoulds and cast iron casements with diamond patterns. Notably, there are three carved stones featuring circles and quadrilobe designs inscribed in a square, which are remnants of a pierced 15th-century parapet that was originally part of the parish church located at Church Square. The ground floor has two windows; the left window has proper casements, while the right window is set on slight corbelling.
A central porch with a Tudor arch is ashlar faced and features blind tracery spandrels and a drip. Above the porch is a shield inscribed with A.D. MDCCCLIV. The door has Gothic panelling with six panels, the upper three of which are glazed with traceried heads, and a similar door is located at the rear. To the left, there is a two-storey wing with two windows, and its east return showcases an excellent reset shell hood from the early 18th century on carved brackets, or a very good copy of it.
Inside, the Vicarage has plain stairs, and the front parlour is highlighted by a Tudor Gothic marble fireplace, similar to one found at Holy Trinity Vicarage on Pow's Hill.
Local climate
Vicarage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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