The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- muted-gutter-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1980
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Groton Street, CO10 5EE
- OS grid reference
- TL 958 418
- Coordinates
- 52.04015, 0.85398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building originally constructed in the 15th to 16th century as a timber-framed house, though it has undergone significant alterations and is now faced in red brick. The structure features cross wings at both the north and south ends. It has a tiled roof and a large internal chimney stack. The central block is one storey with attics, while the cross wings are two storeys high. The windows are double-hung sashes with vertical glazing bars, and there are two modern gabled dormers on the central block. The building has been extended at the rear. Inside, there is a notable crown post roof.
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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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