The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Vicarage. 4 related planning applications.

The Vicarage

WRENN ID
secret-groin-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 December 1951
Type
Vicarage
Address
The Vicarage, Moat Lane, Towcester
OS grid reference
SP 693 486
Coordinates
52.13202, -0.98778
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Vicarage is a vicarage built in the late 17th century and extended in 1854 by E.F. Law. It is constructed from coursed squared limestone and features an old plain-tile roof, along with brick stacks at the ends and on the ridge. The building has a three-unit plan and is two storeys high with an attic, arranged in a five-unit layout.

The entrance includes a four-panel door with an overlight and a wooden lintel, positioned to the right of the center. To the left, there is a 20th-century back door, also with an overlight and wooden lintel. The ground and first floors have 12-pane sash windows, each with wooden lintels. A datestone, originally from another location, is located at the far right and features fluted pilasters that support a frieze and cornice framing a panel with the arms of Sir Robert Banastre, inscribed with S/RB/1613.

At the rear, there is a three-window range from 1854 that doubles the depth of the house, featuring yellow brick dressings, a tripartite sash window to the left of a part-glazed garden door, and a canted bay window to the right. Inside, the parlour showcases 18th-century fielded panelling and a fitted cupboard with a semi-domed head and shaped shelves. The hall is stone-flagged, and the kitchen contains an ogee-stop-chamfered spine beam and a large blocked open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer. The staircase hall in the rear range features an open-well staircase with stick balusters, a cast-iron standard, and a ramped and wreathed mahogany handrail. The roof has a collar-truss design, and the left end bay of the rear range is an addition.

Local climate

The Vicarage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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