The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1985. Rectory.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
grey-railing-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1985
Type
Rectory
Address
The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Leadenham, LN5 0PT
OS grid reference
SK 949 518
Coordinates
53.05548, -0.58423
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a building that dates back to 1565, with later additions from the late 18th century and late 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble and features ashlar slate roofs, complete with ashlar coped gables and bracketed wooden eaves. The building has two large moulded ashlar gable stacks and flush ashlar quoins.

The east entrance front, which was modified in the late 19th century, is a two-storey, four-bay structure. It has an off-centre doorway that features a six-panel door with a rectangular overlight, surrounded by a moulded door frame and a flat hood supported by brackets. To the right of the door is a single glazing bar sash window, while to the left are two similar sashes. Above this entrance, there are four additional sashes that match the lower windows.

The west garden front, which dates from the late 18th century, is a three-storey, five-bay facade. It has a central doorway with double glazed doors, flanked by tall single glazing bar sashes. To the right, there is a large canted bay window from the 19th century with plain sash windows, and to the left is a smaller glazing bar sash. The upper level features five glazing bar sashes, with the leftmost being smaller, and above that are four small glazing bar sashes. All the windows are topped with flat ashlar lintels that have raised keystones. Notably, on the south gable wall, there is a doorway with a lintel inscribed 'JOANNES DEE 1565'.

Local climate

The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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