The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1985. House. 8 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
rough-mullion-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1985
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Bell Lane, Little Bardfield, CM7 4TW
OS grid reference
TL 665 312
Coordinates
51.95477, 0.42181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, constructed of red brick. It features a hipped red tiled roof with three segmental headed dormers and has red brick chimney stacks on both the left and right sides. The building has a dentilled eaves cornice and includes later rear wings. It is two storeys high with attics and has a five-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes, each with gauged brick arches. The central entrance consists of glazed double doors beneath a lead tent porch supported by metal. The front and returns have round head arches, with trellising over and to the front supports. On the left return, there are eight panelled double doors, fluted pilasters with moulded capitals and bases, a moulded frieze, and a dentilled and moulded pediment. The right return features metal urns on stone plinths at the angles of a stone patio. Inside, there are panelled shutters and an Adam style fireplace in the left drawing room, along with two arcade columns with foliate capitals to the right of the door.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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