The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
lost-parapet-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, the Street, Flordon
OS grid reference
TM 190 970
Coordinates
52.52748, 1.22775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory built in the 18th century, with a 19th-century extension at the rear. The building features a rendered clay lump structure with brick quoins and a plinth, topped by a thatched roof. The rear extension is made of colour-washed brick and has a roof covered with pantiles and corrugated pantiles. The rectory has two storeys and an attic, with three bays and a recessed central bay. The original first-floor windows are two-light mullion and transom types, fitted with metal casements and horizontal glazing bars. The ground floor windows are replicas of the originals. The front door includes glazing bars and raised and fielded panels below. A verandah supported by lozenge-pattern cast iron side supports features a lean-to roof made of corrugated metal. The building has a hipped roof with two axial stacks and two dormers at the rear. Additionally, there is a two-storey canted bay made of 19th-century gault brick on the side.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 65% 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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