The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1986. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- dusk-mantel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1986
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Elvington
- OS grid reference
- SE 700 474
- Coordinates
- 53.91879, -0.93497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a dwelling. It dates from the early 19th century and has undergone later additions and alterations, including a 20th-century extension to the right, which is of no particular interest. The building is constructed of whitewashed and rendered brick, topped with a plain tile roof. It is two storeys high with an attic and features three bays. The layout includes a central hallway plan.
The central entrance consists of a six-fielded-panel door beneath a fanlight with radial glazing bars, framed by a doorcase that includes fluted pilasters, capitals adorned with garlands, and an open pediment, all sheltered by an early 20th-century porch. The ground floor has tripartite windows, with the central sections featuring 18-pane sash windows, while the first floor has 12-pane sashes. Ashlar sills are present throughout the building. The roof dormers contain four-pane sashes, and the roof itself is hipped with ridge stacks.
Inside, there is an openwell staircase with column-on-vase balusters, two per tread.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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