The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1968. A C18 Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- tenth-crypt-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1968
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, the Street, Wormshill, ME9 0TT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 881 573
- Coordinates
- 51.2846, 0.69667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with occasional grey bricks arranged in Flemish bond, topped with a plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and attics, standing on a plinth that may have been rebuilt. There is a semi-basement at the left end and a broad plat band around the structure. A moulded wood eaves cornice runs along the top. The right end bay is set back slightly, and there is a brick end stack serving the three left bays. The roof features three flat-roofed dormers from the 19th century. The left section of the building has a regular three-window front with recessed glazing-bar sashes; the central sash has a segmental head, and there is one additional glazing-bar sash in the recessed right bay, all with rubbed brick voussoirs. A central panelled door is located in the left section, accessed by four steps and framed by a recessed panelled architrave. The door features a glazing-bar fanlight, a fluted frieze, and a corniced, bracketed hood. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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