The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- tattered-spire-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Winfarthing, IP22 2EA
- OS grid reference
- TM 109 857
- Coordinates
- 52.4293, 1.10078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a 17th-century timber-frame house, originally plastered, with a thatched roof featuring gabled ends. The house is two storeys high with an attic, visible through windows in the gable. Around the early 19th century, it was fitted with 3-light casement windows with glazing bars. A late 19th-century gabled porch was added, and a brick chimney stack features diagonally set shafts. A timber-frame wing extends to the north, with a lower thatched roof; this wing was undergoing restoration in 1977. A modern wing constructed of concrete blocks is set at right angles to the north wing.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2023
- 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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