The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. House. 6 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
rough-loft-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Bucklesham, IP10 0DX
OS grid reference
TM 244 421
Coordinates
52.03212, 1.27017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, built around 1840, with a core dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It has two storeys and is constructed of painted red brick. The rear T-shaped block features encased timber-framed walling. The roofs are covered with pantiles and have undulating bargeboards and ridge finials, along with a moulded eaves cornice.

Central to the building are 19th-century chimneys made of red brick, featuring square flues with recessed panels between them. The windows, dating from around 1840, are casement style with splayed reveals and hood-moulds; the ground floor windows also include transomes. On the garden side, there is a splayed bay with a parapet roof that has embattled ornament. The entrance porch, which is one storey high, is located in the re-entrant angle. The doorway features splayed reveals and a panelled door adorned with a pattern of applied beading.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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