The Old Rectory and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Post-Medieval House.

The Old Rectory and Attached Cottage

WRENN ID
bitter-mantel-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newark and Sherwood
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
The Old Rectory and Attached Cottage, Main Street, Cromwell
OS grid reference
SK 799 614
Coordinates
53.14456, -0.80616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house, formerly a dower house and rectory, dating from circa 1680. It was originally built for the Earls of Clare. A south-east bay window and a rear wing were added between 1786 and 1788, and a curved north-west rear wing was added in 1814. The building is constructed of brick with hipped and gabled slate roofs. It features a plinth, first and second floor bands, deep coved eaves, and a single roof with two side wall stacks.

The main north front has a half-glazed 18th-century door with a moulded architrave and overlight, flanked by a dummy window to the left and two glazing bar sashes to the right. To the left of the door are two further glazing bar sashes. Above, there are five glazing bar sashes, and a blocked opening to the right. Above these, a gabled leaded dormer contains a Yorkshire sash window. The curved west wing has a coped parapet. The east front has a two-storey canted bay window with a hipped roof to the left, followed by three glazing bar sashes with rubbed brick heads, and a 19th-century sash and a blocked opening to the right. Above, there are three glazing bar sashes with rubbed brick heads, and a blocked opening to the right. Above again, a gabled dormer with a Yorkshire sash.

The south side has a single-storey brick lean-to with a pantile roof to the west, and adjoining it, a 19th-century cottage, two storeys and two bays, with a pantile roof. The cottage has a 20th-century casement window, two leaded casements, a glazing bar sash, a door with a segmental head, a blocked opening and two dummy windows. Above the cottage, a glazing bar sash with a segmental head is flanked by a leaded casement and two dummy windows, all with rubbed brick heads.

Inside, there is a 17th-century dog-leg staircase with a landing, panelled square newels, a moulded ramped handrail, and turned balusters. The principal room to the north-east has an 18th-century panelled dado and a moulded cornice. It also includes an early 19th-century fireplace with a moulded eared architrave and a 19th-century dog grate. An elliptical headed recess and a fitted bookcase with dentillated shelves are set into the west wall. This room also features two 17th-century round-headed recesses, mirroring the door architraves. A room to the north-west has a 19th-century marble fireplace with panelled pilasters and a moulded cornice. The hall features a panelled doorcase with scrolled brackets and two doors with heavy roll-moulded architraves, as well as two 18th-century panelled doors.

Local climate

The Old Rectory and Attached Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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