The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
former-pavement-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Rectory Road, Kettleburgh, IP13 7LQ
OS grid reference
TM 267 610
Coordinates
52.20121, 1.31613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house with a 17th century core and an early 19th century facade and additions. It has an L-shaped plan, with an additional range behind the south wing. The core is timber framed, featuring some plasterwork at the rear, while the two main wings are made of colourwashed red brick, with plain tiles on the front and pantiles at the rear. The building is two storeys high, with an attic in the east wing.

The main facade faces south and has a five-window arrangement in a 2:1:2 pattern, with the central bay set slightly forward. It features sash windows with glazing bars in flush frames and flat brick arches. The central doorway has an inset six-panel bolection moulded door, a rectangular fanlight, convex pilasters, and a cornice. There is also a paired bracketed wooden eaves cornice. The east wing has a five-window range with inset sashes that include glazing bars and flat brick arches, as well as two catslide dormers with some leaded panes and an internal stack.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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