Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1957. A Georgian Rectory.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
plain-passage-dust
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 May 1957
Type
Rectory
Period
Georgian
Address
Old Rectory, Church Lane, Houghton
OS grid reference
SU 341 326
Coordinates
51.09214, -1.51329
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory, now a private house, is a Grade II* listed building dating from the mid-18th century, with extensions added in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick with blue headers on the ends and has an old plain tile roof. The building is two stories high with an attic above a raised basement and features five original bays, with two additional bays added to the right and some extensions to the rear in the early 19th century.

The original part of the house has T-shaped steps leading up to the central bay, which has a wrought iron handrail, rebuilt in the 20th century. There are some casement windows in the basement. The central doorcase is flanked by pilasters and supports an open pediment. Inside, there is a semi-circular fanlight above a half-glazed door. Each side of the door are two 12-pane sash windows under rubbed brick heads, with blind boxes and stone sills. The first floor features five similar sash windows. A moulded timber cornice runs along the top of the building, and above the three central bays is a brick pediment with a bullseye window and a moulded timber architrave. Each side of the pediment has two 2-light hip-roofed casements. There are large ridge stacks at each end of the original part of the house. The added two bays are slightly set back and have four similar sash windows without blind boxes. All the sashes to the right of the door have thick glazing bars, and the cornice is carried through. The interior contains features of interest from the 18th century.

Local climate

Old Rectory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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