The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- late-wicket-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Main Road, Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre, CM3 8RG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 798 994
- Coordinates
- 51.66529, 0.59853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an 18th and 19th century timber-framed house, now rendered with cement. It is two storeys high with attics. The windows are 19th century double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars. The doorway has an architrave and an open pediment. The roof is tiled, and it incorporates two hipped dormers. The building is listed for group value.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 1 transaction since 2011
- 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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