The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Vicarage.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- far-ledge-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Castle Sowerby
- OS grid reference
- NY 381 360
- Coordinates
- 54.71566, -2.96222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a private house that was originally built as a vicarage in the early 19th century. It is constructed from snecked pink sandstone ashlar with V-jointed quoins. The building features a hipped roof made of graduated greenslate, adorned with eaves modillions and banded ashlar chimney stacks. It stands two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance includes a panelled door with an overlight set within a pilastered doorcase. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, framed by raised stone surrounds. The left side of the building has a slate-hung wall, while the right side also features sash windows with glazing bars, similar to those at the front. The Old Vicarage replaced an earlier vicarage that is now known as Sowerby Hall, and it is listed for its group value with that building.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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