The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- plain-joist-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Widdington, CB11 3SF
- OS grid reference
- TL 539 317
- Coordinates
- 51.96331, 0.2391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house with origins dating from the 16th to 17th century, but it underwent significant alterations in the 18th century when it was refaced in red brick. The building features a parapet on the south-west and north-west fronts. At the rear, some timber-framing and plaster are still visible. The south-west front has a one:two:one window arrangement, with the end bays projecting slightly and featuring hipped roofs behind the parapet. The north-west front has a three-window range. Most of the windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and some are three-light. A porch on the south-west front has plain Tuscan columns and a broken pediment. The roof is tiled and includes four flat-headed dormers on the south-west front.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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