The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Rectory, private house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- weathered-rubble-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Rectory, private house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Woods End Road, Kirby Bedon, NR14 7DX
- OS grid reference
- TG 278 053
- Coordinates
- 52.59856, 1.36325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a private house, dating from around 1740. It is built of brick and features a roof made of black glazed pantiles. The building has 2½ storeys and is arranged in five bays, presenting a symmetrical facade. The central entrance consists of a half-glazed door set in panelled reveals, topped by a pedimented hood supported by two Tuscan columns with Ionic capitals. The windows are set beneath gauged skewback arches, with 20th-century sashes on the ground floor and 18th-century sashes on the upper floors, all featuring glazing bars. A deep modillion eaves cornice runs below the hipped roof, which has stacks on its side slopes. At the rear, there is a two-storey service wing that is lit by casement windows. Inside, there is an open cut staircase with three turned balusters on each tread and a ramped and wreathed handrail.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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