The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C19 Rectory. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
tall-niche-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Marks Tey, CO6 1LW
OS grid reference
TL 910 238
Coordinates
51.88054, 0.7749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century building, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. Originally the vicarage for Marks Tey, it is a three-bay, two-storey structure with a hipped, slate-clad roof and two gault brick chimney stacks supported by gault consoles. The building features pilastered returns and originally had a rectangular ground plan, with the central bay projecting. The first storey has three sash windows, each with a segmental keystone, and a round-headed window in the central position. The ground storey has flat-topped, semi-hexagonal bay windows on either side of the front door, which is sheltered by a stone or stucco hood supported on square pilasters. The building is included on the list for its group value.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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