The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. A Post-Medieval House. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- hushed-floor-larch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Parsonage Lane, Barnston, CM6 3PA
- OS grid reference
- TL 656 194
- Coordinates
- 51.84929, 0.40341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century, particularly to the south front and east end. It has a plain red tile roof with an apse end to the right. The house is two storeys and has attics. It is timber-framed and plastered. The ground floor has a three-window range, while the first floor has a four-window range of fine double-hung, three-light sashes with small panes of glass. Smaller paned sashes are found at the apse end and on the first floor to the left. A glazed, semi-circular porch features pointed arched heads and a flat canopy. There are two off-centre square red brick chimney stacks. A lean-to extension to the left is said to contain panelling from the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as 17th-century woodwork in the staircase. The building is picturesque and sits in a pleasant setting.
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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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