The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1983. Vicarage. 1 related planning application.

The Vicarage

WRENN ID
carved-chimney-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1983
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Vicarage, the Square, Blockley, GL56 9ES
OS grid reference
SP 164 348
Coordinates
52.01211, -1.76224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vicarage is a large rectangular house located on the south side of The Square in Blockley. Originally recorded as having "improvements" around 1500, the present structure was largely remodeled in the 17th century and further altered in the mid-19th century. It features a projecting two-storey porch at the center and attics with large gabled dormers. The exterior is constructed of coursed and squared rubble with low-pitched slate roofs, including a coped verge on the left and a hipped break on the right, which dates to the mid-19th century.

The façade has a symmetrical arrangement of windows: two on the left, one in the center, one on the right, and two more on the far right, primarily consisting of pairs of two-light mullion windows with drips and glazing bar casements. There is an angled bay window on the ground floor to the right. The main entrance features an arched doorway with imposts and a chamfered inner doorway. To the left, there is a side door with a Tudor arch head.

The eastern return of the building has two ranges of windows on the right, which are part of the 17th-century section, featuring drips and mullions on the first floor, while the ground floor has inserted glazing bar sashes. The rear of the house has three projecting chimneys, which are partly obscured by the adjacent Church Room. Additionally, there is a Gothic panelled door to the left of the center, which has a modern hood.

Local climate

The Vicarage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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