The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Rectory, house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- lone-crypt-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Wyddial, SG9 0UH
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 315
- Coordinates
- 51.96574, -0.00332
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It was built before 1840, likely for Reverend Charles Maxwell, who served as rector from 1836 to 1889. A rear extension was added in the late 19th century, but before 1895. The building is constructed of white brick and features decorative white bargeboards and steep red tile roofs that are banded with scalloped tiles.
This symmetrical two-storey Gothic-style rectory faces east and has a regular rear extension. The front elevation includes twin gable ends with bargeboards, a narrow recessed center, and a projecting bargeboarded gabled porch that is single-storey. The windows are square-headed and chamfered, with tall margin-light recessed wooden casements. The ground floor windows are transomed and have moulded stucco labels.
The front door is framed and battened, situated under a pointed fanlight with tracery, and is accessed through an open porch that features a chamfered Tudor arched entrance and small side windows. The south side has a matching bargeboarded gable, while the north side has a plain gable with simple rectangular beaded casements. The south face of the rear extension includes a large projecting bay that is square on the ground floor but transitions to an octagonal shape with a pyramidal roof above. The building is topped with tall chimneys that have paired octagonal shafts.
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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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