The Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- far-stone-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, 4, College Street, Ludlow, SY8 1AN
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 747
- Coordinates
- 52.36853, -2.71959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house with a core dating to the 17th century, with further additions from the 14th century. The exterior is roughcast, with a roof of old plain tiles arranged in two pitches and featuring a large gable to the front. The house is two storeys and an attic, and has a four-window front. A 2-light casement window is set within the gable, with two 2-light casements to the left and a 3-light casement to the right; all are 20th-century additions within moulded architraves. A 20th-century dormer window sits over the roof, containing a 2-light casement with a pointed head.
The central bay is of rubble construction and contains the entrance, featuring a 20th-century battened plank door within a moulded case and a screen with coloured leaded lights, all beneath a chamfered stone pointed arch bearing a fragmentary inscription. A jetty extends above the entrance, supported by plain roughcast brackets. To the left of the entrance are two cross-windows, and to the right, two smaller cross-windows, both early 20th century with casements and moulded architraves. A 2-light casement in a moulded architrave is found on the gable of the returning side.
The rear elevation has a lower cat-slide roof to the right and a central bay of brick. Two brick stacks stand on stone bases to the left. The fenestration is irregular, with openings under brick arches, some within what appear to be medieval recesses. Four roof dormers, likely dating to the 19th century, are also visible.
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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