The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sharp-wattle-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, High Street, Much Hadham, SG10 6DA
- OS grid reference
- TL 428 195
- Coordinates
- 51.85618, 0.07259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a 16th-century timber-framed building with a plastered exterior, located on the east side of High Street in Much Hadham village. It features an old tiled roof and stands two storeys tall. The cross wing on the north side has a hipped roof with a gablet and a slightly jettied first floor, showcasing exposed studs and curved braces. There is a similar gabled projection towards the south over the entrance door, which has undergone some restoration work. The windows are modern, consisting of three- and four-light diamond leaded casements. The roof has been remade, and there is a 19th-century red brick extension at the rear of the north end.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- 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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