The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. A Nineteenth Century Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- rough-cellar-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Rectory
- Period
- Nineteenth Century
- Address
- The Rectory, London Road, CM2 8TE
- OS grid reference
- TL 693 049
- Coordinates
- 51.71784, 0.45029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house built around 1818, featuring two storeys and semi-octagonal bow windows that rise to full height on either side of the central front door. This door is framed by an elaborate stone and stucco surround, topped with a rectangular Regency-style fanlight. The exterior walls are made of grey and pink gault brick, and the hipped roof is clad in slate, with two chimney stacks located on the rear slopes. Inside, the property boasts well-preserved contemporary doorcases, marble fire surrounds, and a mahogany handrail on the staircase.
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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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