The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. Rectory, house. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- eternal-pavement-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Welford-On-Avon, CV37 8EL
- OS grid reference
- SP 145 522
- Coordinates
- 52.16823, -1.78923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, dating from about 1800, and possibly incorporating an earlier structure. It was originally a rectory, and has been altered later. The exterior is roughcast with stucco detailing, topped by a steeply pitched roof covered in machine tiles. Brick end stacks are also roughcast. The house follows a double-depth, central staircase plan.
The building is symmetrical and comprises five windows across the front. Pilaster strips run along the ends and a cornice runs along the top. The front door is within a round-headed doorcase featuring Tuscan columns with fluted capitals. Above the door is an entablature with triglyphs on each face and an open pediment decorated with rosettes. A fanlight with decorative glazing bars sits above a six-panel door, with reeded beading. The windows have sills and two-over-two sashes. The ground floor window on the right has been replaced with a 20th-century horned sash, originally a 12-pane sash. Three gabled dormers have two-light casements.
The rear of the property features three gabled wings, a 20th-century conservatory, and a single-storey wing. First floor windows have 12-pane sashes (with eight-pane sashes flanking the central one) and six-pane sashes on the second floor. A stack is located within a valley on the rear elevation. The interior was not inspected during the listing process.
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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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