The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block is a Grade II* listed building in the Amber Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1986. Rectory.

The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block

WRENN ID
outer-doorway-nightshade
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Amber Valley
Constituency
Mid Derbyshire MP: Jonathan Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1986
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block, Mercaston Lane, Kedleston
OS grid reference
SK 304 410
Coordinates
52.96607, -1.54775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory and attached stable block is a rectory, now a house, built between 1759 and 1760, possibly by Jason Harris. It was moved to its current location in 1771 by James Denston, and the main facade design was re-drawn by Robert Adam. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with lateral brick stacks, while the stables have a tiled roof. It has a stone plinth and a moulded stone eaves cornice, and consists of two storeys over a basement that is partly underground.

The south elevation is symmetrical with three bays and a pediment. The central bay has a giant recessed blind arch, with an impost band that forms a first-floor sill band. The ground floor features three glazing bar sash windows in moulded stone architraves, with the central window being more elaborate, adorned with consoles and a balustrade. Above, there are three smaller glazing bar sashes under gauged brick lintels, and a bull's eye window in the pediment. The east elevation also has three bays, with a central Venetian type doorway that includes fluted pilasters and a steep triangular pediment on consoles, along with narrow glazing bar sash side lights and a raised and fielded panelled door. To the right is a glazing bar sash window under a gauged brick lintel, with three similar windows above.

The lower stable range to the west has a south elevation featuring a round-arched doorway with a stone surround, flanked by large lunette windows with stone surrounds, one similar window above, and a 20th-century casement window.

Inside, there is an early 18th-century staircase with an open string and two twisted balusters per tread, along with a heavy ramped handrail. The interior also includes early 18th-century panelled doors and upper rooms with bolection moulded door surrounds. The drawing room features a Greek key dado rail. Some of the early 18th-century features may have been salvaged from the old Kedleston Hall, which was being demolished at the time the rectory was built.

Local climate

The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% 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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