The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1983. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
frozen-banister-crag
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1983
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Bushnells Lane, Stanford Dingley, RG7 6LX
OS grid reference
SU 574 713
Coordinates
51.43815, -1.17432
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed house built around 1720. It features red brick with grey headers, a plinth, and a plat band. The roof is covered with old tiles and has wooden dentil eaves cornice, end stacks, parapets, and three dormers that contain 19th-century casements with four octagonal lights. The end dormers have triangular pediments, while the central dormer has a segmental pediment. The building has two storeys and an attic, with five bays of glazing bar sashes that have exposed wooden boxes and gauged heads. The central entrance has a six-panelled door with a radial fanlight. The doorcase is adorned with Ionic pilasters featuring blocked rustication, a five block keystone, a pulvinated frieze, and a triangular pediment. Inside, there is an 18th-century staircase with twisted balusters and wainscot panelling, and the left-hand ground floor room is fully panelled.

Local climate

The Old 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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