The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1966. Rectory. 7 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
low-keep-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rother Valley MP: Jake Richards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1966
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Barker Hades Road, Letwell
OS grid reference
SK 563 869
Coordinates
53.37686, -1.15473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory built in the mid-18th century and has been altered over time. It is constructed from coursed, squared limestone and features a pantile roof. The building is three storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with three bays across and two bays deep.

On the garden front, there is a French window set in a rock-faced surround, which is accompanied on the right by a two-storey canted bay window that has a similar surround. To the left, there is a one-storey wooden bay window. The remaining windows are square-faced mullioned types with casements that have glazing bars. Above the French window, there is a two-light window, and above the wooden bay, there is a four-light window. The second floor has three-light windows. The left bay, which is set back, features a two-light window on the first floor and a three-light window on the second floor. The roof is twin hipped at the right end, with a ridge stack located at the junction of the first and second bays.

The right side of the building, which faces the roadside, has a ground-floor sill band and features two square-faced, mullioned windows with two lights on each floor, along with a ridge stack.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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