The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1982. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- upper-gravel-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Runwell Road, SS11 7HW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 754 944
- Coordinates
- 51.6216, 0.53268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, built in 1845 by Thomas Knox junior, is a two-storey building with a slate hipped roof and stucco exterior. It features three bays, with the first floor displaying central panels that include an open pediment and an arched entrance. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and those on the ground floor are taller than those on the first floor. A band separates the two floors.
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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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