Rectory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House.

Rectory Farmhouse

WRENN ID
worn-oriel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
House
Address
Rectory Farmhouse, High Street, Little Eversden
OS grid reference
TL 373 533
Coordinates
52.16126, 0.00593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid to late 17th century, with a roof raise and extension from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick with broad mortar courses on the plinth and moulded brick at the upper edge. The 19th-century roof is covered with slate and features a 17th-century ridge stack made of red brick, with four grouped shafts that were rebuilt in the 19th century. The original layout includes a lobby entry and three bays, possibly with a contemporary single-storey kitchen wing at the rear. The main part of the house has two storeys and an attic.

On the first floor, there are three window openings, mostly enlarged in the 19th century, including one three-light window with an ovolo mullion at the north end and another with segmental arched top panes. The ground floor features a similar window with a grill. The rear wall has been partly rebuilt in white brick, and there are small original openings for the newell staircase beside the stack. A 19th-century addition at the front is made of gault brick with red brick dressings and has a slate roof, standing at one storey.

Inside, the kitchen wing has abutting inglenook hearths and exposed ceiling beams, while the original dairy is located at the north end of the main range.

Local climate

Rectory Farmhouse 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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