The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. A C16 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- tall-zinc-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Rectory, 6, Town Lane, Pampisford, CB22 3ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 497 480
- Coordinates
- 52.11048, 0.18515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a cottage that was formerly the rectory until around 1840. It dates from the early 16th century and 17th century, with a 19th-century addition. The building is timber-framed with plastered infill and a plaster-covered exterior, finished with slated roofs. It stands two storeys high and features a jettied cross wing made up of two timber-framed bays. There is a 17th-century outshut to the west that houses the staircase, and evidence of the main range can be seen in the rear elevation, which has been replaced by a 19th-century extension of one bay.
The original window opening, possibly an oriel, is flanked by four jetty brackets that spring from slender wooden pilasters, with a doorway to the left. The door has carved spandrels and a four-centred arch, which may have been added later; the modern 20th-century boarded door is located in the original window position. Above the entrance, there is a 20th-century casement window on the first floor. The 19th-century extension includes one first-floor casement window and one four-paned hung sash window. The building has a gable end stack to the east and a side stack to the south.
Inside, the structure features an exposed floor frame and timber framing with cranked braces supporting the tie beam in the central truss.
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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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