The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1961. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- ruined-zinc-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire MP: Blake Stephenson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church End, Milton Bryan, MK17 9HR
- OS grid reference
- SP 971 307
- Coordinates
- 51.96694, -0.58757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house with origins in the 17th century, substantially remodelled in the earlier 19th century. It was originally a rectory. The front of the building is colourwashed plaster render, while the other elevations are of colourwashed brick. The roof is tiled and has a double-pile plan with a 2-span roof. The house is two storeys and has attics, with various one and two-storeyed additions to the side and rear.
The front (south) elevation features two two-storey bows, each containing two windows per floor. These flank a central doorway with French windows, surmounted by a first-floor window. All windows are sash windows with glazing bars in deep reveals. Three box dormers, each with a two-light casement and glazing bars, are in the attic. An integral chimney stack is visible on the left-hand gable.
The rear elevation has a narrow two-storey and attic staircase gable in the centre of the main block, along with a 19th-century single-storey addition along the entire elevation. The ground and first floors have sash windows with glazing bars. The attic has two box dormers with casements, and the gable attic has a single casement with glazing bars.
Inside, a mid-18th century staircase with turned balusters is a notable feature.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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