The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. House. 8 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- second-passage-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Whichford, CV36 5PQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 311 349
- Coordinates
- 52.01173, -1.54786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating from the 17th century, with additions from the early 18th century. It features coursed limestone rubble for the 17th-century section and fine squared coursed rubble for the 18th-century part, complemented by rusticated quoins on the left side. The roof is made of artificial stone slate, with coped gables and stone ridge and end stacks, and there are three skylights added in the 20th century.
The building has a 3-unit plan, is two stories high, and has a four-window range. The 17th-century section on the right has two four-light mullioned windows on the ground floor and two three-light mullioned windows on the first floor, all adorned with hood moulds and labels. The 18th-century section on the left features a large wood-mullioned window on the ground floor with a moulded stone surround and two keyblocks, along with an 18th-century doorway to the right that has a 20th-century glazed door. There are two tall 18th-century windows on the first floor with a central wood mullion, and all doorways and windows in this section have moulded stone surrounds with keyblocks.
An altered 20th-century service range extends forward from the right side. The left gable end of the 18th-century range has additional 18th-century windows with moulded stone surrounds and keyblocks. At the rear, there is a staircase range that is two stories plus an attic, featuring part-renewed two-light mullioned windows. There are also two 20th-century porches and 20th-century mullioned windows at the back.
Inside the 17th-century range, there is an open fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and double jewel stops, along with a chamfered spine beam that has an ogee stop. The 18th-century range includes a panelled ground-floor room with a cupboard-niche and an 18th-century panelled door. In the rear staircase range, there is an 18th-century dog-leg staircase leading to the attic, complete with turned balusters.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 8 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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