The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. A C16 Farmhouse.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
brooding-portal-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Old Rectory, Pipers Lane, Strethall
OS grid reference
TL 487 395
Coordinates
52.03437, 0.1673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a late 16th century timber-framed and plastered building with an L-shaped plan. It features a single-storey wing added to the west side and stands two storeys tall. The building has casement windows and a tiled roof, which includes two internal chimney stacks. The roof is reported to have remnants of the original structure.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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 0.4°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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