The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1967. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-tin-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1967
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Butter Street, Alcester, B49 5AL
- OS grid reference
- SP 090 574
- Coordinates
- 52.21544, -1.86959
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a rectory built in 1796, located on Butter Street in Alcester. It is constructed of red brick and features a brick dentil cornice. The roof is tiled and has stone-coped brick gable parapets, along with brick end stacks. The building has a central staircase plan and stands three storeys tall with a three-window range. The entrance includes a three-panelled door with a fanlight that has glazing bars. The doorcase is moulded wood, adorned with reeded pilaster strips, consoles, and a broken pediment. The ground floor windows are sashes with 16 panes, framed by whitewashed rusticated stone flat arches that include keystones. There are extensive mid-19th century additions to the rear of the building. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1999
- 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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