The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1980. A C19 Rectory.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- broken-keystone-pearl
- 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 Rectory, Market Place, Bildeston
- OS grid reference
- TL 992 495
- Coordinates
- 52.10803, 0.90789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is an early 19th-century building made of gault brick, featuring a wing that extends to the north at the west end. The main façade has a one-to-three window arrangement of double-hung sashes with glazing bars, all set within stucco surrounds. The center window of the main block is slightly recessed. There is a six-panel double door framed by a stucco Greek Doric doorcase, which includes fluted columns in antis, a triglyph frieze, and a cornice. The ground floor windows are three-light. A raised band runs across the front of the building between the storeys. The side facing High Street has a three-window range, some of which are blocked, along with a six-panel door that features a fanlight and a cornice supported by console brackets. The roof is covered with slate.
Local climate
The 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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