The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1994. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-lime-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1994
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, East Woodhay, RG20 0AL
- OS grid reference
- SU 405 616
- Coordinates
- 51.35232, -1.41902
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, now a private house, was built around 1828, and may have been designed by Richard Billing II, who was responsible for rebuilding the parish church in 1823. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stone dressings. The building has a plain tiled hipped roof behind a parapet, and brick axial stacks with triple shafts and yellow clay pots.
The building's plan is a double-depth layout, with a central entrance at the front and a short wing projecting from the southwest side, which may have originally been a service wing. The architecture is Tudor/Gothic style.
The southeast front has three bays and is symmetrical, although a canted bay window is on the ground floor to the left. There is moulded stone weathering to the plinth and parapet, with stone coping and a moulded stone cornice. The windows are in chamfered stone frames with hoodmoulds, and are two-light sashes with eight panes and four-centered arch heads. A larger, three-light sash is on the right of the ground floor, and the canted bay window to the left also has matching sashes. A recessed porch with a moulded stone cornice and a moulded stone four-centered arch with cusped spandrels and a label sits centrally, containing half-glazed double doors.
The other elevations have similar window arrangements. The northeast side has two bays, with the right-hand bay projecting and featuring a large stuccoed canted bay window. The northwest rear elevation has three bays, with the left-hand section projecting and featuring a gable with a recessed cross. The southwest side has a short gabled wing on the left (likely the truncated service wing) and a porch in the angle. The interior was not inspected.
Adjacent to the house are a small, single-story stable and coach house, dating back to the early 19th century. They are situated immediately southwest of the main house, facing each other across a small courtyard. Both are constructed of brick with tiled roofs. The stable has a hipped roof, an axial stack, and a gabled midstrey at the center, featuring double doors and, at the southeast end, a plank door flanked by eight-pane windows. The coach house has a gable-ended roof, stone kneelers, double doors on the left, a blind window on the right, and a two-light sash window with glazing bars on the southeast end. The interiors of the stable and coach house were not inspected.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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