The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1958. House.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
buried-rubblework-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 January 1958
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Drury Lane, Milden
OS grid reference
TL 957 464
Coordinates
52.08161, 0.85545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a timber-framed and plastered building featuring 18th-century elements along with later alterations and additions. The roof is hipped and tiled, with two dormers on the front and a coved plaster eaves cornice. The structure has two storeys and attics. It includes two large splayed bays with a central window positioned between them, as well as a central porch supported by panelled pilasters and topped with a cornice. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars.

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 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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