The Old Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Old Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- half-jamb-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Vicarage, Langford Budville, TA21 0RD
- OS grid reference
- ST 111 229
- Coordinates
- 50.99907, -3.26799
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a cottage, possibly dating back to the 17th century, with significant rebuilding occurring in the 19th century. It is constructed with a rubble base and rendered upper stories, with the upper three bays rebuilt in painted brick. A stepped brick buttress is visible at the left gable end, and the roof is thatched, featuring an 18th-century brick stack to the right, joined by a more recent stack abutting a single-storey extension.
The original plan incorporates a two-cell layout with a cross passage and outshut, accompanied by an agricultural wing to the east. This wing is single-storey, set low under the eaves due to the rising ground to the west. The cottage is two storeys at the front and one storey at the rear, with a three-by-one bay arrangement. Windows are wooden casements, mostly with two or three lights and moulded brick sills. The ground floor features semi-circular headed window openings with brick surrounds. The central entrance has a plank door set within a gabled porch, and another door is located beside the inserted stack in the former agricultural wing. A large raking buttress is present on the right return. The interior remains unseen. The building is listed primarily for its group value.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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