The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Rectory, private house. 5 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Wythenshawe and Sale East MP: Mike Kane (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1974
Type
Rectory, private house
Address
The Old Rectory, Ford Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 832 900
Coordinates
53.40734, -2.25283
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory, later used as a private house, likely built in the mid to later 18th century, with extensions added in the early 19th century and subsequent alterations. It is constructed of brown brick in Flemish bond, with a later addition using an English garden wall bond. The roof is slate, with a hipped design on one wing. The building follows a double-depth plan at right angles to the street, with a crosswing added to the south end, creating an entrance front facing the garden.

The main range, originally three storeys high with three windows facing west, features quoins on the left corner and 16-pane sash windows on the ground and first floors. The second floor has smaller 8-pane sashes, all with exposed window boxes, except for a ground-floor bay window on the right side. This bay is a five-sided, flat-roofed structure with small sash windows incorporating margin panes (paired at the front). A projecting, two-storey wing is visible at the south end, with a tall 15-pane sash window and a 9-pane sash, both with segmental heads, on the ground floor. The south front of this wing has similar fenestration, except for a blind window in the centre of the first floor. A square, flat-roofed porch stands to the right, featuring a round-headed doorway with a wooden Roman Doric doorcase, a panelled door, and a fanlight with radiating glazing bars. There are chimneys on both gables of the original section and on the wing. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 3 transactions since 2010
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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