The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- third-screen-thrush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3NU
- OS grid reference
- TL 776 342
- Coordinates
- 51.97818, 0.58549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating to circa 1714. It is constructed of red brick with a hipped red plain tiled roof and four symmetrically placed red brick chimney stacks. The main block is two storeys with attics and a basement, with two-storey extensions to the right and left, the left extension incorporating a basement. There are five flat-headed dormers to the main block, topped by a parapet with a moulded cornice. A central band runs through the facade.
The window arrangement is 1:7:1 on the first floor, 1:6:1 on the ground floor, and 1:6:0 on the basement, with vertically sliding sash windows, all with gauged brick arches. First-floor windows on the extensions are blocked. Three steps lead up to the central panelled door, which has reveal panels, and is sheltered by a flat stone canopy supported by plain pilasters and Ionic columns, with a moulded frieze and dentilled cornice. The rear elevation features a large, central, two-storey bay with a pyramidal roof.
Local climate
The Old 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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