The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- inner-transept-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, 2, Downsham Road, Denver, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE38 0DF
- OS grid reference
- TF 614 017
- Coordinates
- 52.58928, 0.38166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, now two private houses, was originally built around 1770 and extended in 1826. It is constructed of galleted carstone with brick quoins and dressings, and has a slate roof. The main block is two and a half storeys and three bays wide, with flat brick string courses marking the storey divisions. A rebuilt porch is located on the right-hand side, featuring fluted pilasters and a broken pediment above the door, with side lights flanking the entrance. A 19th-century hipped bay window has been added to the left, while a single original sash window with glazing bars remains in the centre, set within a timber frame beneath a segmental arch. The remaining sash windows are of a similar style. A double console eaves cornice runs along the top of the building. The roof is gabled, and there are square, four-flued stacks located at each of the rear corners. A single-storey extension has been added to the south side, alongside two rear gabled additions dating from 1826.
Local climate
The Old 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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