The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. House.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- strange-moulding-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Ross Road, West Dean
- OS grid reference
- SO 571 129
- Coordinates
- 51.81377, -2.62276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage that has been converted into a private house, dating from the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of coursed and dressed rubblestone with a slate roof, featuring diagonally-set paired brick stacks at both ends and one at the rear. Originally, the building was a single range with a slightly projecting gable at the west end facing the road, later modified with an additional projecting gable in the center during the 19th century.
The structure has two storeys and an attic. The front facade includes three windows: on the left and right are triple light 10-pane casements, each adorned with steeply angled voussoir blocks that have a chamfered edge. The projecting gable features a twin casement window beneath a cambered head with voussoirs. Above the right-hand window, there is a cruciform vent in the roof. The linear facade, likely the original main front, displays three triple light windows with pointed arches set between wooden mullions, all under hood moulds. The central arched doorway, also under a hood mould, has double panelled doors with an inner door in a similar arched style. The roofline is characterized by a central battlemented section flanked by gables that feature decorative bargeboards. Inside, the property retains its original doors, doorcases, and a stick baluster staircase.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
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