The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1976. Rectory, house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- gilded-foundation-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1976
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Idlicote, CV36 5DT
- OS grid reference
- SP 282 441
- Coordinates
- 52.09525, -1.58836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a mid-17th century rectory that has been converted into a house, with later extensions and alterations. It is constructed of regular coursed limestone rubble and features a steeply pitched red tile roof. The gables are stone-coped with moulded kneelers, and there are renewed brick stacks at the ends. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range in an L-plan layout.
The central entrance includes a hood mould with a label stop, a wide moulded wood door-frame, and a half-glazed door. Flanking the doorway on the left is a three-light stone-mullioned window with a hood mould and label stops, while on the right is a wood-mullioned and transomed window, also with a hood mould and label stops. On the first floor, there is a three-light stone-mullioned window and a two-light stone-mullioned window, both with hood moulds and label stops, along with a wood-mullioned and transomed window to the right that has a wood lintel. The roof features three 20th-century skylights.
To the left of the original structure is a two-storey 19th-century extension made of limestone, with a red tile roof and 20th-century casements that have wood lintels. The rear of the building includes wood-mullioned and transomed windows as well as stone-mullioned windows.
Inside, the property is noted for its four-centred arched stone fireplaces, chamfered beams, and a late 17th-century staircase with turned balusters.
Local climate
The Old 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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