The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1952. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
crooked-cobalt-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1952
Type
Rectory
Address
The Rectory, Church Road, Barton-Le-Clay, MK45 4LA
OS grid reference
TL 085 303
Coordinates
51.96119, -0.42132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a 17th-century building that has been altered over time. It features colour washed roughcast over a timber frame, sitting on a solid plinth, with an old clay tile roof and modern brick tops to two five-flued stacks. The building has a shallow H plan, with cross-wing gables at either end that project slightly forward on both long sides. It stands two storeys high with attics.

On the front (north) elevation, each cross-wing gable has one window on each of the three floors. The main wing includes a central 4-light window on the ground floor, flanked to the west by a 2-light window and to the east by a front door that is sheltered by a 19th-century two-storey porch with a hipped roof. There is a single 4-light window on the first floor. All windows are fitted with leaded lights, and most feature wooden mullions and transoms.

The rear (south) elevation displays three gables, each containing two ground floor sash windows with glazing bars. The central gable is slightly recessed and has a panelled front door set back in a panelled porch, topped with a pedimented hood on brackets. The first floor has two sash windows per gable, and the attic floor has one window, all with glazing bars. There is also a single-storey brick extension on the west end and a short length of brick garden wall extending east from the house.

Local climate

The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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