The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-lead-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Astwick, SG5 4BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 213 386
- Coordinates
- 52.03307, -0.23254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, formerly the rectory, dating from the 18th century. Two brick tablets display the inscription "R. W. 1720". The house is constructed of vitrified brick with red brick dressings, and has a clay tile roof. It is a symmetrical building with a 5-window front, arranged over two storeys and attics. There are four 2-light windows with a transom to both the ground and first floors, with a single-light window in the centre of the first floor. The central front door is part-glazed and sits under a cambered head. A brick band runs along the first floor, and another at eaves level to the gable ends. Brick coped gables and integral red brick stacks are present to both gable ends.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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