The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- twisted-gable-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Blaxhall
- OS grid reference
- TM 360 577
- Coordinates
- 52.1678, 1.45048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century house with a 17th-18th century timber-framed wing at the rear. It is constructed of gault brick with a slated hipped roof to the front range, and plain tiles to the rear wing. The main front has two storeys and a three-window range, featuring three-light sash windows with glazing bars set in recessed frames. These windows are topped by gauged brick arches. A portico in-antis, with square pilasters, panels, a broken entablature, and pediment, provides the entrance; it contains a six-panelled door with matching linings, a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars, and a semi-circular architrave. The rear wing has been cased in gault brick and has scattered 20th-century casement windows in an 18th-century style. Moulded gault brick stacks are located at both the front and rear of the property.
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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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