The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- second-passage-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Little Hereford, SY8 4LN
- OS grid reference
- SO 553 683
- Coordinates
- 52.31122, -2.65631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating from the 16th century, with later alterations. It features square-panelled and close-studded timber-framing, painted brick and plastered infill, a sandstone rubble plinth, and stone slate roofs. The building has a central hall flanked by cross-wings, a large axial stack, and a through-passage. It stands two storeys high with attics.
On the south front, the gable end of the left cross-wing has a projecting upper storey to the west, which includes a moulded bressummer, a small two-light window in the gable, a three-light window on the first floor, and a similar window on the ground floor. The central hall block has irregularly spaced windows on the first floor, featuring one three-light window and two two-light windows, along with a three-light window to the left of a square-headed doorway that has a moulded frame and a ledged door. The gable end of the right cross-wing has two two-light windows on the first floor and three similar windows arranged side by side in square panelled framing on the ground floor. Although the interior was not inspected, it is reported to retain triangular doorheads and fireplaces with moulded jambs.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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