The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 December 1952. House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- grey-nave-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 December 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Brook Hill, Little Waltham
- OS grid reference
- TL 711 126
- Coordinates
- 51.78671, 0.48053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building originally constructed in the 17th century, designed in an L-shaped plan, but it has undergone significant alterations in the 18th century and later. The exterior is now faced in grey gault brick, featuring a parapet and a bracketed cornice. The north front is colourwashed. The building is two storeys high, with a five-window range on the west front and a three-window range on the north front, all featuring double-hung sash windows with glazing bars set in plain reveals. A raised brick band runs between the two storeys. The north front includes a central 20th-century doorway. The roof is tiled. The Old Rectory is part of a group that includes the Church of St Martin, Little Waltham Hall, and Hulmans.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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