The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. Rectory, house.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lantern-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Main Street, Beckford
- OS grid reference
- SO 975 357
- Coordinates
- 52.02058, -2.03641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building that has been converted into a house and offices. It dates from the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century and late 20th century. The structure is built from handmade brick on a limestone rubble base, with the north elevation rendered. It features partly hipped slate roofs and brick end stacks. The building stands three storeys high and has a dentilled eaves cornice.
The facade consists of one plus three bays, with all windows having cambered heads. The single-bay section has a 4-pane sash window on the ground floor and 12-pane sashes on the upper floors. The three-bay section has glazed double doors on the ground floor and 4-pane sashes above. There is a two-storey wing that adjoins the front of the single-bay part, which includes a half-glazed door with a 4-pane transom light, flanked by multi-paned windows, all grouped beneath a timber lintel on the ground floor, and a 12-pane sash window on the first floor.
The main entrance is located at the rear right side and features an open pediment supported by engaged columns, with panelled reveals and soffit, a 6-panelled door, and a barred segmental fanlight.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 780 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 57% 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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