The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1977. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- silver-balcony-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Nynehead, TA21 0BL
- OS grid reference
- ST 139 228
- Coordinates
- 50.99819, -3.22771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with possible earlier origins. It was refenestrated in the late 18th to early 19th century and underwent alterations in the mid-20th century. The exterior features roughcast over red sandstone random rubble on the exposed left gable end, a thatched roof, and brick stacks at the gable ends and to the right of the cross passage. There is a full-height brick buttress at the end bay on the right and raking buttresses on the right return gable end, which flank the entrance and the end bay on the left. The building has a plan consisting of three cells and a cross passage facing south, with a north-west wing. It is one and a half storeys tall and has five bays; an eyebrow dormer is located on the right, and the eaves are raised above the four central bays. The first floor features two and three-light leaded iron casements, while there is a two-light wooden casement in the third bay on the left. On the ground floor, there is a three-light wooden casement to the left of the entrance, a 20th-century window on the right, and a three-light leaded casement at the end bay on the right. The entrance includes a half-glazed 20th-century door, and there is a small stair light on the left gable end, along with a blocked doorway. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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