The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. House.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
sleeping-panel-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1984
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Bunce Court Road, Otterden
OS grid reference
TQ 944 536
Coordinates
51.24911, 0.78478
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, believed to date from the early 18th century, with some parts possibly being older. The front of the building was modified in the early 19th century. It features a rendered exterior and a plain tile roof, with a double-depth layout. The structure has two storeys and attics, set on a plinth with a plat band, and a moulded cornice beneath the parapet. The cornice breaks through the parapet to create a central steep-sided triangular gable that is bottomless.

There are four shallow buttresses that extend just below the eaves cornice, with bands running across them; one is located towards each end and one on the outer side of each central stack. The gable ends are coped, and there are four rendered stacks: one at each end, with the right stack projecting slightly, and one on either side of the central gable. The building has two gabled dormers, one located between the inner and outer stacks on each side.

The central gable features one glazing-bar sash window with a hoodmould. The front has a regular arrangement of five slightly recessed glazing-bar sash windows, each with hoodmoulds; there are three in the centre and one in each outer bay. The central entrance has a 20th-century glazed door, which is also under a hoodmould. 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 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 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% 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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