The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1984. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
crooked-gateway-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1984
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Road, Quidenham
OS grid reference
TM 031 898
Coordinates
52.46877, 0.98923
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a private house. It dates back to the 1630s, with alterations and a rear refacing in the 18th century. The building is timber framed with rendered wattle and daub on the front and brick at the rear. It features roofs covered with black glazed pan tiles and has a modified T-shaped plan. The structure is two storeys high, with a central early 19th-century brick entrance bay that is gabled back to the main roof. The entrance includes a door in a fluted case situated below a sash window with glazing bars. The facade is enhanced with applied plastering and false timber framing that corresponds to the genuine framing behind it. There are 2 and 3-light cross casements from the 19th century. The cross wings are gabled to the east and west, with the eastern wing featuring early 19th-century casement windows. The main gabled roof has three rebuilt ridge stacks, and the main west gable is made of brick with tumbling. The two-storey rear wing from the 18th century has a hipped roof. On the ground floor, there is a large early 19th-century tripartite sash window, with another sash window above, both of which have glazing bars.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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