Astbury Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. Rectory. 6 related planning applications.
Astbury Rectory
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Congleton MP: Sarah Russell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Astbury Rectory, the Village, Newbold Astbury, CW12 4RQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 847 616
- Coordinates
- 53.15194, -2.23012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Astbury Rectory is a mid-18th century rectory, probably built between 1757 and 1759, and altered by William Baker of Highfields. The building is constructed of red Flemish bond brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. It is two storeys with an attic and basement.
The front elevation comprises five bays arranged symmetrically, with a later crescent wing to the left and the remains of a similar wing on the right. The basement is of ashlar with porthole windows. The central three bays project, with an ashlar door surround of Venetian form, featuring double doors flanked by side lights. Above the door is an open pediment supported on brackets. Ground floor windows are sash windows with 3 x 4 panes, wedge lintels, and projecting keystones. The first floor windows are similarly detailed. An ashlar band runs above the ground floor windows, supporting the first floor windows. The attic windows are sash windows with 3 x 2 panes, wedge lintels, and projecting keystones. A dentilled cornice sits above the attic, and a central pedimental gable rises above the central three bays, with an ashlar surround and ball finials to the corners and apex. The hipped roof on the left side has two chimney stacks joined by an arch; a similar arrangement existed on the right side, of which only one stack remains.
The rear elevation has five bays symmetrically arranged featuring an ashlar plinth and an ashlar band at sill level. The ground floor windows are sash windows with 3 x 4 panes and wedge lintels with projecting keystones. The first floor windows are similar. The attic matches the front in detailing. A moulded cornice, with dentils, tops the wall, and ball finials mark the corners.
William Baker’s notebook references alterations to the building, though the overall design strongly recalls his work at Hankelow Hall.
Local climate
Astbury Rectory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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