The Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
silver-hearth-spindle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1983
Type
House
Address
The Rectory, Woolhampton, RG7 5TA
OS grid reference
SU 574 680
Coordinates
51.40855, -1.17491
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a house dating from the early 18th century. It features red and grey brick headers with red dressings and has an old tile roof. The building has a basement, two storeys, and an attic, with two end stacks to the southwest linked by a blank arched panel, and two end stacks to the northeast.

The southeast front has a plinth and plat bands above the basement windows and at the ground floor sill level. It is topped with a moulded brick triangular pediment that includes a thermal window in a sunken panel in the tympanum over all three bays. The windows are glazing bar sashes with segmental heads and raised brick architraves. To the right, there is a one-storey, one-bay linking block made of grey headers, which also has a plinth, plat band, an old tile roof, and a round arched doorway with impost blocks and a boarded door.

On the southwest front, the corners are slightly recessed. There is a central arched window on the first floor and an oval window in the attic above. A central six-panelled door, which is accessed by nine steps with iron railings, features an architrave, keystone, and a flat hood supported by large brackets.

Inside, the Rectory boasts a double-height panelled staircase hall with a three-flight staircase that has turned balusters, along with some good fireplaces.

Local climate

The Rectory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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