The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. A C15 House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
slow-rubble-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Kinsham, LD8 2HN
OS grid reference
SO 359 645
Coordinates
52.27494, -2.94046
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that has been divided into two tenements, with an activity hall added after 1918. It has a core dating back to the 15th century, which has undergone extensive alterations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The building features timber framing with a sandstone plinth and brick refacing on the south side. The roof is made of stone slate on the north side and tiles on the south.

The structure consists of three bays aligned east to west, with a later stone addition to the west and an early 20th-century addition extending to the north at the west end. There are two axial stacks and a lateral stack on the south side. The north front has two square-headed doorways in the stone addition to the left, along with two gabled dormers featuring 2-light leaded casements. Below the eaves, there is a central smaller 2-light window, and a 3-light leaded casement flanks a doorway with a triangular head and a ledged door.

To the right, the east return of the 20th-century addition includes a similar gabled dormer and a 2-light casement window on the ground floor to the left of the door. The timber framing on the north and west sides is entirely from the 20th century, as is the current raised roof. However, the interior retains at least one cruck truss and part of another blade, which has been cut at ground floor level.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
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