The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1980. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- idle-pewter-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1980
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Standon Road, ST21 6RN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 818 348
- Coordinates
- 52.91083, -2.27139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, built around 1840, is a three-storey building finished in engraved stucco. It features three sash windows. The ground floor has a stone canted projecting bay on either side of a stone porch, which includes a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and a part-glazed door. The building has bold lined eaves and gables adorned with ornamental bargeboards and spike finials, all covered with slate roofing. On the west side, there is a wing with a bay window that is tiered over two storeys.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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