The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1983. House.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- iron-portal-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, Great Shefford
- OS grid reference
- SU 389 744
- Coordinates
- 51.46731, -1.44037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a large house built in the late 18th century. It features a hipped slate roof and brick walls with stucco quoins. The south block has three bays of vertical sliding sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals. There is a half-glazed central door on the east side, topped by a rectangular fanlight with interlacing circles in stone. A Greek Doric porch sits at the top of a flight of stone steps, which are accompanied by cast iron railings leading up to the first and principal floor. To the north, there is a three-bay extension designed in a similar style.
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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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