The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
final-sandstone-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Lane
OS grid reference
SE 254 188
Coordinates
53.66585, -1.61616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory that has been converted into an old people's home. It was rebuilt in 1820 but includes remnants of a 17th-century building. The rear section seems to be from the late 19th century. The exterior features an ashlar facade and hammer-dressed stone, with some quoins. It has a hipped slate roof with ashlar stacks and dentil brackets at the gutter. The building is two storeys high, with a first-floor sill band at the front. The central part has three bays, with a later conservatory added between two projecting hipped blocks on the left and a single bay projecting gabled block on the right. Both projecting blocks have ground floor bows with three single lights and sash windows. The right gable includes a projecting stack with quoins, likely from the 17th century, although there is no sign of a fireplace inside.

Inside, the building has been mainly altered. There are panelled shutters on the windows. The day room features two large six-panel curved corner doors, one of which is a dummy. The staircase has turned wooden balusters, and parts of a double chamfered window can be seen from the cellar on the right gable end.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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