Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. House.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- small-postern-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Rectory, Tatham
- OS grid reference
- SD 605 694
- Coordinates
- 54.11972, -2.60509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, formerly a rectory, likely built in the 17th century and altered in the mid-18th century and 19th century. It is constructed of pebbledashed rubble with a stone slate roof, featuring two storeys and four bays. The windows have glazing bars; those on the first floor have stone surrounds with a slight chamfer and were originally designed with two lights, except for the left-hand window which had three lights and now includes a central flat-faced mullion. To the left of the first bay on the ground floor is a window with a cement surround. The window in the first bay is similar to those above but is taller and also features a central flat-faced mullion. The third and fourth bays have 19th-century plain stone surrounds, with a similar window located between these bays. The left-hand window also includes a central flat-faced mullion. In the second bay, there is a 19th-century gabled porch with a chamfered door surround that has a Latin inscription around a pointed arch. The building has chimneys on the gables with projecting stacks, as well as one to the left of the porch. Inside, there is a dog-leg stair with a closed string, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. The left-hand room features exposed axial main ceiling joists, while the right-hand rooms were altered in the 19th century and have boxed beams.
Local climate
Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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