The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 May 2001. House.
The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- weathered-latch-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Flintshire
- Constituency
- Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 May 2001
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Vicarage, Gorsedd, Holywell, Whitford
- OS grid reference
- SJ 151 765
- Coordinates
- 53.27908, -3.27335
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Vicarage is a 2-storey house in the Tudor Gothic style, located in the Whitford Community. It is constructed of coursed rubble with freestone dressings and features a slate roof behind coped gables with moulded kneelers and stone stacks. The front of the house is asymmetrical with four bays, showcasing three varied gables to the right and a half-hipped bay to the left. The entrance is positioned slightly to the left of the center and features a pointed head with a hoodmould and a panelled and ribbed door. Above the entrance is a 2-light window set under a gablet, which has a dated tablet at its apex. To the left of the entrance, there is a canted bay window with a relieving arch in the lower storey. Behind the entrance, two asymmetrical gables are present, each with 3-light transomed windows in both the lower and upper storeys, all under relieving arches.
The left-hand return of the house has a double-gabled design, featuring a cross window in the lower storey to the right and a 3-light window above it. The left gable is set back and includes two cross windows in the lower storey and a 3-light window above. The rear elevation has a porch with a doorway on its right side, which is sheltered by a boarded canopy. Above the porch, there is a cross window in the upper storey, while to the left is a paired sash window under a gablet in the upper storey and an enlarged window in the lower storey. Further to the left, a service wing extends to form an L-plan facing the yard, featuring a blocked doorway and two windows, along with two paired sashes in the upper storey.
On the right-hand return of the house, an external stack is located slightly to the left of center, serving as a focal point. To the left of the stack are two replaced windows in the lower storey and a sash window above. On the right side of the stack, there are replaced windows flanking an inserted window in the lower storey, with two sash windows above. A projection is located at the rear.
Inside, the house has a central stair hall that features a dog-leg stair with plain balusters and turned newels, along with simple panelled doors.
Local climate
The Vicarage receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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