Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- silent-kitchen-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Rectory, High Street, Thorndon, IP23 7LX
- OS grid reference
- TM 141 694
- Coordinates
- 52.28101, 1.13798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, originally the rectory for the parish. The front section dates from the early 19th century, although there is earlier fabric to the rear. The front block is constructed of white brick with a hipped, slate roof. The rear of the building has a timber-framed core, partially plastered and partially faced in colourwashed brick, with a grey concrete pantile roof. The house is two storeys high, with an attic to the rear.
The symmetrical front facade has three bays, the central bay slightly projecting. It features inset sash windows with glazing bars, each set within a flat brick arch. A late 19th-century Greek Doric timber porch shelters the doorway; the porch has an entablature and a three-quarter glazed door in two leaves, with further glazing above.
The early 19th-century staircase, located just behind the front block, has stick balusters, a ramped and wreathed handrail and carved tread-ends. The upper floor was not examined during the listing process.
Local climate
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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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