The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1976. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
riven-frieze-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1976
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Shrawley
OS grid reference
SO 797 654
Coordinates
52.2869, -2.29849
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former parsonage house built in the early 18th century, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick, with the east front rendered, and features a tiled hipped roof, while the later north elevation has a slate roof. Originally designed in an L-plan, the building has been altered by a later addition to the north and another to the west, resulting in a broadly rectangular plan with a small central courtyard and a central entrance on the north elevation.

The structure has three stacks: one axial stack to the right of center, one end stack on the south range, and another end stack on the east range. It is two storeys high and includes a cellar, with a dentilled eaves cornice.

On the east elevation, there are three windows on the upper floor and one window on the ground floor, featuring glazing bar sashes with cambered heads. The ground floor has tripartite windows flanking the central doorway, which includes a partly glazed door with an overlight featuring vertical glazing bars and a canopy. To the north, there is a mid-19th century bay that has early 18th century windows with glazing bar sashes and segmental heads that have been resited. The north elevation has 20th-century windows and re-used early 19th-century glazing bar sash windows, along with a plain Doric portico leading to the doorway, which features a six-panelled door.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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