The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. A C19 Vicarage.
The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- guardian-storey-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Vicarage, Witham Friary
- OS grid reference
- ST 746 414
- Coordinates
- 51.17175, -2.36429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vicarage is a vicarage built around 1830, constructed from Bath stone ashlar. It features wide eaves and a hipped slate roof with ashlar stacks, showcasing a classical style. The building is two stories tall with three bays, and it has sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals, except for the openings in the right bay, which are blocked by ashlar panels designed to imitate sash windows.
At the center, there is a solid-sided ashlar porch with a segmental-headed door opening, flanked by panelled pilasters that have Greek key decoration at the base and capital. Above the porch is a moulded cornice with a parapet. The inner door is six-panelled, with the top two panels being glazed, and there is an elaborately decorated transom light above it. To the left side, there is a hipped-roofed wing that is lower in height and has a blank facade. The right side features a three-bay return.
Local climate
The Vicarage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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