The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Rectory.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- haunted-cloister-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Stratton Lane, Morningthorpe and Fritton
- OS grid reference
- TM 217 928
- Coordinates
- 52.48823, 1.26507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a 17th to 18th century house that has been plastered and features a long range with a black pantile roof and gabled ends. It has a two-storey gabled porch that is off centre, along with a brick chimney stack near the east end and another internal stack at the west end. The windows are modern casements with glazing bars, while the first floor has horizontally sliding casements. At the rear, there is an early 19th century wing that is stuccoed and also has a black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends. This wing is two storeys tall and consists of four bays, featuring sashes with glazing bars and louvred shutters. To the right of centre on this wing, there is a glazed door with a hood supported by console brackets.
Local climate
The 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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