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.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
cold-baluster-gilt
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, Rendlesham
OS grid reference
TM 325 528
Coordinates
52.12486, 1.39658
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, dating from the late 18th century with an early 17th-century core. The rear of the building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a plain tiled roof. The main range is constructed of gault brick and features hipped slated roofs along with two gault brick stacks that have moulded caps. The building has two storeys and an attic.

At the front, there is a central bay that is slightly projected and features a pediment with a modillion cornice. The main façade is flanked by one-storey projecting wings, also with hipped slated roofs, and all eaves are adorned with a modillion cornice. The windows are arranged in a 2:3:2 pattern, consisting of sashes in flush frames with glazing bars. There is a bullseye window in the tympanum that has radial glazing bars. The doorway is framed by panelled pilasters and topped with a triangular pediment that includes modillions, leading to a six-fielded panelled door. Inside, the 17th-century timber frame is covered with plaster.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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