The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. A Georgian House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- swift-wattle-elder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Road, Sundridge with Ide Hill
- OS grid reference
- TQ 485 552
- Coordinates
- 51.27687, 0.128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a large 18th-century house divided into three parts. It stands two storeys high with painted brick elevations, except for the western part of the north front, which is rendered. The building features hipped tiled roofs with ridges positioned at right angles. The north entrance front includes two projecting wings on the right and a set-back centre with a ground floor projection for the doorway. There are three windows in total on this front.
To the left, there is a later link to a two-storey wing with two windows, which has a moulded and modillioned eaves cornice. The rear elevation displays a two-storey, two-window section on the left, featuring flat leaded dormers above. The main entrance has a projecting porch supported by paired side columns. The centre part is a wide east wing with three windows. All windows are early 19th-century sashes with glazing bars. The main entrance features a glazed door set in a panelled reveal with a bracketed flat hood, and narrow sash windows flank it. Above the entrance, there is a radial fanlight flanked by oval windows. Inside, there is a Tuscan screen in the hall and a Regency circular staircase.
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 lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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