Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1954. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
sleeping-newel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1954
Type
Rectory
Address
Old Rectory, Bitterley, SY8 3HJ
OS grid reference
SO 562 773
Coordinates
52.39277, -2.64394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory, now a house, was built around 1740 with a later addition in 1793, incorporating an earlier core. It is constructed of brick, with horizontal bands and dentil eaves to the front, parts being on a stone rubble plinth. The roof is tiled with ashlar-coped gables to the front, and a slate hipped roof to the rear, with projecting brick end stacks. The building follows a square double-pile plan, comprising an earlier front range and a larger later phase to the rear.

The north-facing front is three stories high with a cellar, featuring a 5-window arrangement of 6/6 sash windows, with 6/3 sashes at the second floor and 9/9 sashes at ground floor, flanking a central 4-panelled door with a 2-light overlight. All windows have brick segmental arches, moulded cases, and no sills. The east-facing side return has a single-window range of a 2-light first-floor casement with a 6/6 sash above, and a 2-light casement with a top light at ground floor, all with brick segmental arches and stone sills. The opposite side has a single 6/6 sash with a brick segmental arch. The south-facing rear has a three-story, 5-window range of 3/6 sashes at the second floor and 6/6 sashes at ground floor, all with moulded cases, brick segmental arches, and no sills. The central doorcase features plain recessed panelled pilasters, a recessed spandrel, a flat cornice, a canopy over, and a 6-panelled door with raised panels and a fanlight with radial bars.

The interior contains substantial late 18th century features, including a staircase. Coalbrookdale fireplaces are preserved in many rooms. The upper stairway features trompe l'oeil rusticated stone decoration.

Local climate

Old Rectory receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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