The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1980. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- ragged-thatch-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 March 1980
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, School Lane, Lower Hardres and Nackington, CT4 5NS
- OS grid reference
- TR 151 531
- Coordinates
- 51.23693, 1.08132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an 18th-century building of two storeys and attics. It is faced with Roman cement and has three windows and three dormers facing east, two windows and a window space facing south. The roof is tiled, and there is a castellated parapet. The windows have 4-centred heads and “Gothick” glazing. A truncated gable end facing south contains a tiny pointed window, and a very small gable end faces north. There’s a simple doorcase.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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