The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. House. 6 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
drifting-loft-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1986
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Peasemore, RG20 7JH
OS grid reference
SU 458 769
Coordinates
51.48996, -1.34122
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a private house that was originally built as a rectory in the late 18th century, with extensions and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of brick and features slate roofs, forming a U shape with the oldest part located to the south and a later extension to the north. It has two storeys and is characterized by stone eared architraves around the windows, with those on the ground floor featuring cornices supported by console brackets. There is a rendered band at the first-floor cill level, wide flat eaves, flanking chimneys on the south block, and two ridge chimneys on the north-east block.

On the south elevation, there are four glazing bar sash windows. The east elevation features central double doors beneath a rectangular fanlight that is marginally glazed, along with a cornice on console brackets. Above the doors, there is one glazing bar sash window set in a stone arch, flanked by symmetrically placed chimneys.

Local climate

The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
  • 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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