Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Rectory.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- kindled-soffit-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Old Rectory, the Avenue, Bletsoe
- OS grid reference
- TL 023 584
- Coordinates
- 52.21485, -0.50319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory built in 1833, with renovations and extensions made in 1875, as indicated by an interior date plaque. The main house and rear wing are constructed from limestone and brick, with some render removed from the front elevation. It features hipped roofs covered with Welsh slates. The front elevation has three sash windows with glazing bars on each of the two storeys, and there is a slightly projecting porch between the right-hand pair of windows. A storey band runs along the building. The right-hand extension is made from limestone rubble and has a Welsh slated roof, with two storeys and windows that display neo-Gothic details.
Local climate
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 97% 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 50% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- No related consent applications matched
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