The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Residential. 1 related planning application.

The Old Vicarage

WRENN ID
dreaming-hammer-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 April 1967
Type
Residential
Address
The Old Vicarage, Pedley Hill, Rainow, Cheshire East
OS grid reference
SJ 950 758
Coordinates
53.27948, -2.0762
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Vicarage is a former vicarage now used as a house, with origins dating back to 1732. The main structure was developed in the early 19th century, with the roof raised and an addition made to the right in the mid-19th century, followed by further alterations in 1948. It is constructed of coursed squared buff sandstone rubble and features a Kerridge stone-slate roof, stone ridge, and two stone chimneys.

The building is 2½ storeys tall with a four-bay front. The original house includes 12-pane sash windows in the end bays, with 16-pane sashes above. The central entrance has a semi-circular headed doorcase with a fanlight featuring radial glazing bars and a six-panelled door. Above the entrance is a single light with glazing bars and a shaped triangular top set in an ashlar surround. The additions to the side end of the upper storey also have 16-pane sashes, located in gabled half dormers. Inside, little remains apart from some simple six-panelled doors.

Local climate

The Old Vicarage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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