The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1952. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- other-moat-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1952
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Shelton Hall Road, Shelton, Dean and Shelton, PE28 0NP
- OS grid reference
- TL 032 688
- Coordinates
- 52.30794, -0.4874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an 18th-century rectory with later additions, located on Shelton Hall Road in Dean and Shelton. It is constructed of colour washed brick and coursed rubble, topped with hipped clay tile roofs. The building has a double pile plan with later extensions added to the rear and stands two storeys tall.
The entrance front may have originally been symmetrical but appears asymmetrical due to the later rear extensions. It features two three-light wooden mullioned sash windows on the ground floor, along with two sash windows and one double sash window on the first floor. The entrance has a moulded panelled architrave with a hood and a rectangular fanlight without glazing bars above a half-glazed door.
At the back, there is an early 19th-century wing that is said to contain some very thick internal walls, possibly dating back to the medieval period. Additionally, a 20th-century one-storey and attic extension projects from the northeast elevation of this back wing.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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