The Former Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
The Former Rectory
- WRENN ID
- little-bailey-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich MP: Connor Naismith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Former Rectory, Audley Road, Barthomley, CW2 5PL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 768 523
- Coordinates
- 53.06793, -2.34727
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Rectory is an early 18th-century building, originally a rectory and now a private dwelling, located on Audley Road in Barthomley. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high with a basement, and originally comprised six bays. A pair of partly-glazed doors are set within an opening featuring a panelled doorcase and a cornice-moulded hood, accessed by seven steps flanked by curved walls. A large, semi-circular three-sash bay window is located on the southwest corner. The central five bays are set back from the facade. Sash windows with stone sills, exposed glazing bars, and flat-gauged arches are present throughout. One ground floor window opening has been built up, and the position of a second has been altered. A brick band is visible on the first floor of the inner five bays. The building is topped by a high parapet wall with coping, which is believed to be the remnant of a former half-storey. The east elevation includes large recessed sash windows. A four-storey, one-bay-wide tower with a lead roll hipped roof is located on the northeast corner. Internally, panelled window shutters remain.
Local climate
The Former Rectory receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 2008
- 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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