Old Rectory is a Grade I listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. A C14 Rectory.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- haunted-landing-alder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Old Rectory, Main Street, Warton
- OS grid reference
- SD 499 723
- Coordinates
- 54.14428, -2.76824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a mid-14th century former rectory that now stands as a ruin. It is constructed of rubble with sandstone dressings. Originally, the building featured an open hall, service rooms, and a first floor at the north end, which extended as a wing to the east; however, only the foundations of this wing remain, along with those of a porch at the eastern door of the cross passage. The south gable of the hall is steeply pitched and has an ogee quatrefoiled light at its apex. At the north end, the cross passage includes moulded external doors and three chamfered service doors in the north wall. Although the north wall has been partially rebuilt, it still contains a central chamfered doorway with a two-centred arch, likely leading to an external kitchen. Flanking this doorway are chamfered lights with two-centred heads. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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