The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
ruined-tower-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1988
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, (Off) Lower Street, Great Bealings, IP13 6NY
OS grid reference
TM 233 488
Coordinates
52.09279, 1.25888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, with a 20th-century addition. It features a combination of white Flemish bond brick and red brick, topped with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and presents a symmetrical road front with three bays. The central bay includes a semi-circular bow window flanked by pilaster buttresses, with three ground floor sash windows, each consisting of 3x4 panes and featuring flat-arched heads. These are accessed by a flight of two ashlar steps. The first floor has similar windows, although they are shorter, with a hipped roof above the central bay.

On either side of the central bay are lateral bays with windows that match the form and height of those on the ground and first floors. The left side, which is the entrance front, has three bays, with the leftmost bay being a 20th-century addition. It features a central 20th-century doorway with a Tuscan porch that includes columns, demi-column responds, and a plain entablature. The door is panelled, with six panels, two of which are glazed. There are sash windows of 3x4 panes on either side of the door and three similar windows above on the first floor, which are shorter.

The right side has three bays, with the leftmost bay made of white brick, featuring central windows of 3x4 sash panes and blind panels on either side on both floors. To the right is a two-storey service wing made of red brick, which has randomly disposed windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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