Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1952. House. 5 related planning applications.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- other-pinnacle-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Rectory, Colby, NR11 7DY
- OS grid reference
- TG 215 294
- Coordinates
- 52.81667, 1.28654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House. Dating from circa 1700 with later additions, the Old Rectory is a brick building with a pantile roof. It has an irregular plan and the front, which is two storeys high and five bays wide, is divided into two parts. The earlier section, dating from circa 1700 and consisting of three bays, features a 19th-century brick porch to the central bay with a six-panel door, the top four panels glazed. Sash windows with glazing bars are set within rubbed and gauged brick arches, and a platband runs along the facade. A wooden dentil eaves cornice tops the building, and shaped gable ends are present, along with gable-end stacks featuring arched recesses. To the right of this range, the facade continues for two more bays, again with sash windows and glazing bars, and a wooden dentil eaves cornice. The pitch of this roof is shallower than the earlier section. At the rear, an outshut, likely from the early 19th century, has a shaped gable screen. A stair outshut with a shallow-pitched roof is also present. Inside, a bolection-moulded fireplace is found in an upper room.
Local climate
Old Rectory receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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