The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1985. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- peeling-gravel-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Rous Lench, WR11 4UJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 014 531
- Coordinates
- 52.17636, -1.9807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century parsonage, later converted into a house. It is constructed of rendered brick with a hipped tiled roof and side wall stacks. The west front, overlooking the garden, features a balustraded parapet and quoins, with four windows. The central two windows are 2-light units, while the outer two are 3-light units. All windows have square labels. A central porch with a Tudor arch is flanked by cambered bay windows on the ground floor.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 64% 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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