The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. A Victorian Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- leaning-bronze-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Rectory
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Road, Great Cornard, CO10 0EL
- OS grid reference
- TL 884 404
- Coordinates
- 52.03005, 0.74597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early to mid 19th century house located on Church Road in Great Cornard. This two-storey building is finished in stucco and features mainly double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The south-west front includes a prominent large half-octagonal bay topped with a leaded roof. The roof is covered with slate. There are 20th century additions at the rear of the property.
Local climate
The Old 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 98% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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