Old Parsonage and Marden is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1986. Vicarage. 3 related planning applications.
Old Parsonage and Marden
- WRENN ID
- plain-render-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1986
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- Old Parsonage and Marden, Main Road, Alvington, GL15 6AT
- OS grid reference
- SO 601 006
- Coordinates
- 51.70328, -2.57811
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Parsonage and Marden are a former vicarage dating to 1889, designed by W. M. Bentley. The building is constructed of red brick with fine rubbed brick arches and substantial decorative brickwork to the strings and gables, topped by a plain tile roof. It has two gables facing the Main Road, stepped forward slightly from the flanking wings, with gabled ends and two richly modelled brick stacks. The fenestration is arranged as a 1:2:1 window pattern, featuring two- and three-light casements with small leaded panes and tile sills, all set beneath rubbed brick arches. There are two 20th-century glazed doors in the centre, but the original four-panel doors, housed within arched openings and glazed gabled porches, remain in the gables at each end. The main brickwork is in stretcher bond, suggesting the possible presence of an early cavity wall. A commemorative date panel, made of florid terra-cotta, is located in the gables. Walter Bentley Marling, reportedly a local curate, is associated with the property.
Local climate
Old Parsonage and Marden receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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