The Old Vicarage and Adjoining Out-Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1986. Vicarage. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Vicarage and Adjoining Out-Buildings

WRENN ID
crooked-zinc-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1986
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Old Vicarage and Adjoining Out-Buildings, EX16 9NG
OS grid reference
SS 956 221
Coordinates
50.9896, -3.48793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage and adjoining out-buildings is a former vicarage that underwent remodelling in the late 18th century, with repairs made in 1866 by Edward Williams of Tiverton. The building is whitewashed and rendered, likely built from stone rubble, and features a slate roof that is hipped at the ends, with brick chimney stacks located at the rear of the ridge.

The structure has an L-shaped plan, with the main block oriented on a north-south axis and a crosswing at the south end. The earlier house, predating the 18th century remodelling, was likely also L-shaped, but little remains to clearly define its original layout. A thick axial wall indicates that the main block was originally single depth. Currently, it contains two principal heated rooms, one on either side of a central entrance passage that leads to a rear stair hall, with smaller rooms located at the back on both sides. The crosswing, which includes a service stair, has been adapted for use as a kitchen and service rooms, while the front room has been converted into a garage.

The building is two storeys high and features a symmetrical three-bay front on the main block. The end of the crosswing on the right side is blind except for 20th-century garage doors. Rusticated quoins mark the junction between the main block and the crosswing. The central entrance features a panelled front door flanked by reeded pilasters and a lattice porch, with a 12-pane sash window above the door and tripartite sashes on either side. At the rear, there is a block of single-storey outbuildings and walls that create a small yard, which is accessed through a gateway to the right of the house, marked by square-section gate piers.

Inside, the property showcases 18th and 19th-century joinery, including panelled doors and shutters. The stick baluster stair is from the late 19th or early 20th century. Very little of the original house remains, apart from a moulded crossbeam in the wing and remnants of three roof trusses, likely from the 17th century or earlier, located above the wing beneath a later roof structure.

Local climate

The Old Vicarage and Adjoining Out-Buildings receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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