The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Rectory. 7 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
first-chapel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bromsgrove
Constituency
Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Old Rectory Lane, Alvechurch, B48 7SU
OS grid reference
SP 030 733
Coordinates
52.35798, -1.95687
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It dates from the second half of the 15th century and was clad and raised in the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the late 19th and late 20th centuries. The building features a timber frame clad in painted brick and has a tiled roof. It is designed in an H-plan, with a hall range aligned east to west, a two-bay hall to the east, and a two-bay service area to the west. The west cross-wing is a later addition, while the east cross-wing at the upper end is also from the 15th century.

On the garden front (south side), the two gabled cross-wings project slightly. The left cross-wing has a stone-coped verge and a blind window in the attic, with bands at the ground floor level. The right cross-wing features two bands, and the main range has one band at the ground floor. The building has a total of 1 + 7 + 1 windows: the cross-wings have 2-light casements, while the other windows are timber cross-windows. There is a further narrow window at each end of the main range, which is blocked. The ground floor is similar, except for the entrance, which replaces a window to the right of center, and French casements in the cross-wings.

The main entrance is located on the north front and features a 19th-century gabled porch. A lateral stack on the east cross-wing is made of brick and sits on a stone plinth, with two stumps of 6-point star-plan shafts. Inside, exposed framing can be seen in most rooms of the east cross-wing, which also contains an 18th-century staircase with turned balusters.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • 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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