The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. Rectory. 5 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- moated-forge-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1972
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Church Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1JB
- OS grid reference
- TF 919 430
- Coordinates
- 52.95035, 0.85577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is an early 19th-century house on Church Street. It has a white brick front with two storeys and three sash windows on the first floor, each containing glazing bars. The roof is slate, with a wide eaves soffit supported by plain brackets. The front door is six-panelled and is sheltered by a Greek Doric porch featuring fluted columns. The property is said to incorporate earlier fabric.
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings