The Old Vicarage (remains) is a Grade II* listed building in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1970. Church.
The Old Vicarage (remains)
- WRENN ID
- hushed-gallery-linden
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1970
- Type
- Church
- Address
- The Old Vicarage (remains), Castlemartin
- OS grid reference
- SR 910 988
- Coordinates
- 51.64988, -5.02113
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Vicarage is a Grade II* listed building that features remains of local rubble masonry and traces of slate roofing. The northern gable wall is 0.9 meters thick and includes an oval-shaped chimney flue embedded within the wall. There is an original entrance to the two-unit cottage on the southern side of the western wall, which is now blocked, and it has a heavy curved lintel. A lateral chimney on the west side serves a small corner fireplace. At the southern end, a third room has been added, which includes a large chimney with a square shaft, dripstone, and capping.
The building incorporates elements from two 12th-century arcades, aligned north-south and standing about 5 meters apart. The western arcade features one complete arch and a small portion of another, both resting on the outside face of a thick square abacus supported by a slender column with a circular base and cap. The eastern arcade has two complete arches that meet on a very worn corbel. In 1852, these arcades were described as "on one side against the wall, on the other standing free," but both are now blocked with walling. The carved faces on the abacus of the western arcade are distinct from those in the northern and southern arcades of the church, appearing to be an afterthought to the squaring of the abacus. These faces are inset within curved margins and are shallowly detailed. There are faces on the two free corners, along with one bearded face in a later style on the engaged northwest corner of the abacus, which is distorted due to its position and is evidently later than the formation of the arcade blocking walls. Above the abacus, there is a socket hole.
The chimney in the third room contains a large open fireplace that measures about 1.2 meters wide and deep, featuring a built-in cloam bread-oven marked 'W H Crocker' from Bideford, Devon.
Local climate
The Old Vicarage (remains) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 2 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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