The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1968. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
tangled-remnant-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Melton
Constituency
Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 January 1968
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Freeby, LE14 2RR
OS grid reference
SK 820 200
Coordinates
52.77175, -0.78572
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was originally built as a rectory in 1789, with additions made in the mid and late 19th century. It is likely designed by George Richardson. The building features coursed and squared ironstone and limestone ashlar, along with ashlar and brick dressings, topped by hipped slate roofs. There are four corniced stone gable stacks, a plinth, and bands at the first and second floors. The structure is two storeys high with garrets and consists of three bays.

The south front has a central cross-transomed French window flanked by lights, with single glazing bar sash windows on either side. Above this, there are three similar sash windows. At the top, a shaped gable carries four stacks and features a central six-light sash window. On the west side, there is a 19th-century addition to the left with a door and overlight, accompanied by a cross-mullioned casement with a segmental head, and a glazing bar sash to the right. The north gable includes two 19th-century glazing bar sashes with segmental heads on each floor.

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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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