The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. A 19th century Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- low-mortar-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Aspall, IP14 6NY
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 648
- Coordinates
- 52.23933, 1.17195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, formerly serving as the rectory, built in 1853. It is constructed of white brick and features a wooden bracketed eaves cornice and a hipped slated roof. The building has two storeys and presents a symmetrical three-bay block with a two-bay wing that is slightly set back to the left. The windows are inset sash types with glazing bars, positioned under flat brick arches. The entrance bay of the three-bay block is slightly recessed and features a four-panel door, with the longer upper panels being glazed and the lower panels having moulded surrounds. There is an original stone porch supported by two columns and topped with an entablature. The wing includes 20th-century French windows and a semi-circular fanlight, which are set within an arched recess near the junction with the three-bay block. The chimney stacks have panelled shafts. The garden front, which is the right-hand return, has five bays, with the lower windows extending almost to ground level, and a narrower centre bay that features a blind panel at the ground floor.
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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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