Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1967. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- heavy-dormer-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1967
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Old Rectory, The Old Rectory, Englefield Road, Theale, Reading, RG7 5AS
- OS grid reference
- SU 640 713
- Coordinates
- 51.4373, -1.07954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory dated 1830, as indicated on the rainwater heads. It is constructed of Bath stone ashlar and features a hipped slate roof, with a square plan and two storeys.
The west front has a plinth, plat band, cornice, parapet, and four chimney stacks. It consists of five bays, with the central three bays slightly projecting. The windows are glazing bar sashes, and there is a central six-panelled door, with the bottom two panels flush, topped by a rectangular radial fanlight. The stone doorcase is adorned with unfluted Doric columns that support a triglyph frieze and a triangular pediment.
On the south front, there is a triangular pediment above the central three slightly projecting bays, which includes a circular panel in the tympanum. This elevation also has five bays, with a two-bay projecting rectangular bay window to the right, featuring a cornice and parapet.
The east front also has five bays, with a central half-glazed door and an overlight.
Inside, the rectory retains a quiet early 19th-century interior, characterized by fret ornament on the architraves.
Local climate
Old Rectory receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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