The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1952. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- buried-mantel-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, 34, Hodwell, Ashwell, SG7 5QQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 267 397
- Coordinates
- 52.04204, -0.15265
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house built around 1830, constructed of stucco on a brick base, with a low-pitched slate roof. It has two storeys and features three slightly projecting window bays. At the centre, there is a square projecting porch supported by two Greek Doric columns, which is topped with a plain entablature and a thin, shallow pedimented cornice. The entrance has half-glazed double doors with a segmental fan above. Each bay contains 6/6-pane flush sash windows. On the western end, there are two external stacks with a pair of sash windows positioned between them. To the east, there are contemporary single-storey service extensions.
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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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