The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- noble-chimney-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, the Street, Gestingthorpe, CO9 3BB
- OS grid reference
- TL 812 386
- Coordinates
- 52.01632, 0.63974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house with origins in the 17th century, featuring 19th century gault brick facing and alterations. The building has a timber-framed and plastered rear, with a hipped grey slate roof at the front. The rear showcases four red plain tiled feature gables and two gault brick chimney stacks. It is two storeys high with attics, presenting a four-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes. The central porch is hipped and two storeys tall. The structure consists of seven bays, with the second and sixth bays projecting forward, and includes four gabled crosswings at the rear.
Local climate
The Rectory 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- 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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