The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A C17 Rectory. 7 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- slow-postern-saffron
- 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 Rectory, Harleston Road, Starston, IP20 9NL
- OS grid reference
- TM 235 842
- Coordinates
- 52.41029, 1.28506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a 17th-century timber-framed building that was rendered and remodeled in 1871. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends, which have shaped and pierced barge boards. The structure has two storeys and an attic, with five window bays that contain 19th-century sash windows. The central bay projects and has a shaped gable with a finial, a panelled door, and a three-light mullion/transom window on the first floor. Above the doorway is a cornice with a strapwork frieze. The ground floor projects on both the left and right sides in painted brick. At the rear, there are large mid-19th-century plastered and painted brick wings with hipped slate roofs and sash windows. Inside the 17th-century front range, the ceiling beams have ovolo moulded chamfers and carved stops.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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