The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1948. Rectory. 5 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- hidden-cobalt-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Lowestoft MP: Jess Asato (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1948
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, 29, Ballygate, Beccles, NR34 9ND
- OS grid reference
- TM 420 902
- Coordinates
- 52.45629, 1.5609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house dating from approximately 1770 to 1780. It is constructed of red brick and has two storeys and an attic with two dormers. The front has five windows arranged symmetrically, with flat arches above them. A plinth runs along the base, and the central three windows are emphasised by gauged brick pilasters topped with stone capitals featuring fluting. A brick pediment with a fluted frieze sits above, and the roofline is finished with a parapet. The double-span roof is covered in pantiles. The windows are sash windows, set in reveals, and now have central glazing bars only. At the rear, windows are set within elliptical arched openings, with a central blank panel featuring a trefoil arch, now filled with mullion transom casements from the 19th century. The entrance is a six-panel door surmounted by an arched fanlight within a wooden case with Doric columns and an open pediment. Stone steps lead to the door, with wrought iron railings. The interiors include ceilings of a type associated with the Adam style. The Rectory is part of a group with Nos. 11 to 27 (odd).
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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