Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- hollow-cornice-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Rectory, Church Street, Whittington, LA6 2NU
- OS grid reference
- SD 600 762
- Coordinates
- 54.18083, -2.61389
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, formerly a rectory, built in 1728. It features a rendered exterior with sandstone dressings and a stone slate roof. The building has a symmetrical design with three storeys and five bays, complemented by chamfered quoins. The windows are boxed sash style, equipped with glazing bars and plain reveals. The entrance door is framed by a surround of chamfered rustication, topped with a round head and moulded imposts. Above the door is a plaque that displays a carved shield of arms and reads: 'George Hornby Clerk A.M. Rector of Whittington erected this House 1728.' At the rear, the north wall of the wing, which appears to be part of the original construction, features a door with 15 raised and fielded panels, sheltered by an iron trellis porch. Inside, there is a dog-leg staircase with a closed string, a moulded handrail, and turned balusters.
Local climate
Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- 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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