The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Rectory.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- vacant-joist-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Rectory Lane, Ashdon
- OS grid reference
- TL 582 422
- Coordinates
- 52.05562, 0.30657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory, built around 1600, has undergone significant alterations, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a red brick front with two storeys and attics, displaying a one:three:one window arrangement of double-hung sashes with glazing bars set in shallow reveals. The central block, which projects forward from the east and west wings, contains three windows, while each wing has one window and is topped with a parapet and cornice. The central block has a hipped slate roof, while the wings have tiled hipped roofs behind the parapets, each with one hipped dormer. The east wing is notable for a large chimney stack with offsets, part of which is original and was formerly external. Inside, there is a 17th-century panelled room featuring a carved fireplace and overmantle.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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