The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1951
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Richmond Road, Saham Toney
OS grid reference
TF 898 020
Coordinates
52.58291, 0.80143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory house built in the late 18th century and later. It is constructed of red brick and features a hipped roof covered with smut pantiles. The building has two storeys and attics, arranged in a double pile. The south facade consists of eight irregular bays, with sash windows that have glazing bars and gauged brick arches over the openings.

There is a projecting two-storey canted entrance bay located off-centre to the west, which has a stone door surround and a flat lead-covered canopy supported by console brackets. Above the entrance, there is an oval stone panel featuring arms and the inscription "MANNERS MAKYTH MAN." The south-east corner of the building has a square flat-roofed two-storey bay. A wooden eaves cornice runs along the roofline, which also features three 20th-century gabled dormers.

The chimney stacks are square and made of red brick, with moulded bands and caps; one is located on the ridge line and another between the blocks. The east elevation, which faces the churchyard, includes two and three-light casements with a transom and a pedimented dormer with a two-light casement. The gable end to the north has an internal chimney stack.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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