The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- silver-glass-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Cockfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 913 549
- Coordinates
- 52.16003, 0.79556
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a late 18th century gault brick building that may incorporate parts of an earlier structure. It is partly moated and consists of two blocks: the north block features a tiled hipped roof, while the south block has a parapet and a prominent two-storeyed splayed bay with a three-window range on the west side. There is an additional later block on the east side. The building has two storeys, and the windows are primarily double-hung sashes with glazing bars. Both the north and south fronts have a three-window range. On the north front, the ground storey windows have semi-circular heads and are set in recessed semi-circular arched panels that are painted. The central doorway features a semi-circular fanlight and a doorcase with plain Tuscan columns and an open pediment.
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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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