The Old Rectory House is a Grade II* listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1952. A C16 Hall house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory House
- WRENN ID
- frozen-vault-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1952
- Type
- Hall house
- Address
- The Old Rectory House, Springhead Road, DA11 8HN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 623 734
- Coordinates
- 51.43651, 0.3341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory House is an early 16th century timber-framed hall house that underwent restoration in the 1890s by the antiquarian G M Arnold and architect Sir Herbert Baker. During the restoration, rebateless mullions were revealed, suggesting the original windows were unglazed, and soot-stained roof timbers were found, indicating the building initially lacked a chimney. A 1656 token discovered in the ground floor ceiling plaster shows the hall was divided into two storeys after that date. The timber frame was left exposed and infilled with roughcast render. The roof is tiled, with both hipped and gabled sections. The ground floor now has 19th-century windows, including a gabled porch. The first floor retains sash windows with intact glazing bars.
Local climate
The Old Rectory House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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