The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- wild-oriel-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Little Leighs, Great and Little Leighs, CM3 1PB
- OS grid reference
- TL 719 171
- Coordinates
- 51.82636, 0.49413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a mid to late 19th-century red brick house featuring yellow brick quoins and window dressings. It has two storeys and attics, with two stopped gables at the east and west ends and a small gable in between. The east front displays a three-window range, while the south front has a five-window range, all with double-hung sashes that include single vertical glazing bars. The ground storey windows on the south front extend to floor level and have glazing bars, square label moulds, and ornamented stops. A moulded stone string course separates the storeys. The ground storey of the east front is stuccoed and features a "Gothic" pointed arched doorway. There are two external chimney stacks, each with two octagonal shafts, and the roofs are tiled, including one gabled dormer on the north front.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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