The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Former vicarage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
brooding-passage-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Former vicarage
Address
The Old Vicarage, 2, Church Street, Abbotsbury, DT3 4JJ
OS grid reference
SY 577 852
Coordinates
50.66541, -2.59959
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage built in the early 19th century. It features stone walls that are rendered and painted, and has a slate roof with gable ends. There are brick stacks at each gable, with the left-hand stack being from the 20th century. The building is two storeys high with attics and has four windows, which are sash style with thin glazing bars. The upper set of windows has been renewed in the 20th century, and the third window on the first floor is blocked. The stone cills support two dormer windows that are fixed with glazing bars and have hipped slate roofs. The front door, located to the left of centre, is flush-panelled with four lights in the upper half and dates from the 19th century.

Local climate

The Old Vicarage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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