Old Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.

Old Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory

WRENN ID
inner-floor-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Old Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory, St James's Street, Yarmouth, PO41 0NU
OS grid reference
SZ 354 896
Coordinates
50.70503, -1.49925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It consists of two parallel ranges and is constructed from stone rubble with ashlar dressings. The south wall is pebbledashed, while the north wall of the rear range features a brick gable. The building has an old tiled roof with end brick chimneys and stands two storeys tall with four windows.

On the first floor, there are 12 or 16-pane sash windows, along with a late 19th-century window to the left. The ground floor includes three 16-pane sash windows set in moulded architraves, and an early 19th-century wooden doorcase that features an open pediment, brackets, reeded pilasters, panelled reveals, and a six-fielded panelled door. The guttering is adorned with lions' head masks, and there is a string course and plinth. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Old Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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