The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1955. A C16 House. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- far-chamber-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Claydon, IP6 0EQ
- OS grid reference
- TM 137 499
- Coordinates
- 52.10614, 1.12044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building that originally served as a rectory and is now a company headquarters. It dates from the mid-16th century and has undergone significant alterations over several periods. The structure has two storeys, with a 16th-century parlour wing on the right and a service range, likely from the 18th century, on the left. The central hall range was rebuilt around 1930. The earlier work features timber framing and plaster, with plaintiled roofs and axial and external chimneys made of red brick. Most of the windows are early 19th-century sash windows with small panes.
On the garden side of the cross-wing, there are two 18th-century sash windows with segmental heads. The centre of this wing features a small two-storeyed gabled projection, possibly from the 16th century, which may have served as a staircase wing. Inside the cross-wing, there are moulded first and attic floor joists and notable close-studwork; the attic floor was added around 1600. The rebuilt hall range consists of rendered masonry with limestone windows and an entrance doorway designed in the Elizabethan style. The first floor incorporates reused 16th-century moulded floor joists similar to those in the parlour.
The Reverend George Drury, who lived here from 1819 to 1895, was involved in a national scandal concerning a burial at the nearby parish of Akenham while he was the incumbent at this rectory.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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