The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1988. Vicarage.

The Vicarage

WRENN ID
noble-chimney-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1988
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Vicarage, Selborne, East Hampshire
OS grid reference
SU 780 333
Coordinates
51.09399, -0.88664
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vicarage is a vicarage built around 1860 by Alfred Waterhouse. It is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and attics, with an irregular arrangement of windows.

The front elevation includes a projecting gable on the left side, which has an oculus in the attic. On the first floor, there are two cambered sashes with Caernarvon arches, and one similar sash on the ground floor, alongside a doorcase with a Caernarvon surround. To the right, there is one dormer with a double sash on the first floor, a triple sash on the ground floor, and additional single sash windows, along with another doorcase featuring a cambered head.

The east elevation also has a projecting gable with an oculus in the attic, a two-light sash on the first floor, and a three-light sash on the ground floor. To the right of this gable are three sashes, with the central one altered, and a triple sash on the ground floor to the left of the gable, which also includes one dormer and two sashes.

The north elevation consists of two parallel ranges with an external chimney stack, featuring a sash window on the left side range, a gable with an oculus in the attic storey, and paired sashes below. The Vicarage is included as part of a village group, all designed by the same architect.

Local climate

The Vicarage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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