Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1966. Rectory.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lindsey
Constituency
Gainsborough MP: Sir Edward Leigh (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1966
Type
Rectory
Address
Old Rectory, Church Lane, Burton, LN1 2RD
OS grid reference
SK 961 745
Coordinates
53.25933, -0.56014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 17th century, with an early 18th-century front and later 18th-century alterations and additions. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with slightly overburnt headers that create a chequered effect. The end wall is rendered, while the rear wall features a catslide made of stone. It has a plain tiled roof with stone-coped raised gables and three brick gable stacks.

The structure is two storeys high with attics and has a five-bay front, including a late 18th-century two-bay extension with an attic to the left. There is a first-floor band and a plain wooden eaves board. The central entrance features a six-panelled door with a fan traceried overlight, surrounded by a wooden door frame with pilasters that end in carved brackets supporting a narrow dentillated cornice. The pilasters are decorated in the Adam style with floral motifs. Flanking the door are single canted bay windows with glazing bar sashes and flat lead roofs.

On the first floor, there are five glazing bar sash windows, and in the roof, three glazing bar sash dormers with lead cheeks and segmental roofs. To the right of the central first-floor window is a metal fire insurance plaque featuring a sun design. The left extension has a dentillated eaves course and an off-centre flush six-panelled door, with a glazing bar sash to the left and a similar window on the first floor. All three openings have segmental heads, as does the leaded dormer.

Inside, there is a dogleg staircase with turned balusters, likely from the early 18th century. The interior also features alcoves with semi-circular heads and keyblocks, with fitted cupboards beneath, located on either side of an imported fireplace in the right-hand room.

Local climate

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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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