The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. House. 8 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- silent-landing-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, 4, Robin's Nest Hill, Little Berkhamsted, SG13 8LS
- OS grid reference
- TL 292 079
- Coordinates
- 51.75493, -0.12881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house built around 1735, with extensions and alterations made in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick that has been colourwashed, and features a hipped slate roof. The building has a five-bay double depth plan and stands two storeys high with an attic.
There are steps leading up to the central entrance, which has a six raised panelled door with a rectangular fanlight set in a panelled reveal. This entrance is framed by a Roman Doric pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters. The windows are glazing bar sashes, with 15 panes on the ground floor and 12 panes on the first floor, all set back with gauged brick segmental heads. The building has a plinth, a plat band, and a coped parapet. Notably, there is an 18th-century insurance marker located in the centre of the first floor.
The roof features three flat-topped dormers with two lights each and there are end stacks. To the left, there is a lower two-storey, one-bay addition that includes an entrance with a reeded surround. On the right side, there is a 19th-century two-thirds glazed door with a reeded surround, two ground floor sashes, and two first floor casements, along with a plat band.
At the rear, there is a central 20th-century glazed opening on the ground floor, with three flat-headed sashes to the right. The first floor has a plat band, and the central window features a round-headed relieving arch, topped by a coped parapet. The 19th-century bay includes two French windows and a first floor sash. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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