The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1984. Former rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- patient-chancel-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1984
- Type
- Former rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Freckenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 666 716
- Coordinates
- 52.31802, 0.44308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, built in the mid-18th century, with a rear section dating from the late 16th century and alterations made in 1830. The building has a double-pile plan and features a front range with five windows, standing two storeys tall with attics. It is constructed of gault brick and has a string course at the first floor. The roofs are plaintiled, with flat lead-roofed casement dormers, and there are end and rear chimneys made of gault brick. The sash windows have segmental heads made of gauged brick and small-pane sashes.
There is a single-storey entrance porch from the 19th century, also made of gault brick, with a flat roof and parapets. The entrance door is a two-panelled design with an oblong fanlight featuring patterned glazing bars. The rear range contains a well-preserved timber-framed core from the late 16th century, with ovolo-moulded beams on the first floor and other exposed framing; it has a wind-braced clasped-purlin roof.
The rear elevation is encased in gault brick and showcases decorative elements from the 1830 alterations in the Gothick style, including intricately carved bargeboards and windows with hood-moulds and small-pane casements, where the upper lights are arched. There is also a one-storey rear entrance porch with a hood-moulded and drop-traceried doorway. In the gable, there is a diamond plaque that displays the insignia of the Incumbent and the date 1830.
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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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