The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, High Street, Chiddingstone, TN8 7AH
OS grid reference
TQ 500 452
Coordinates
51.18719, 0.14613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is an early 18th-century building that incorporates an older framed structure. It features tile hanging with a hip tiled roof and a central gable end that forms a pediment. The building has two storeys and a central attic window within the pediment. The symmetrical front elevation includes a glazed central door flanked by entasised pilasters, which have moulded capitals supporting an entablature and a pediment that forms a hood. On either side of the door, there are three sash windows in exposed frames, all with glazing bars. The first floor has seven sash windows. The central tiled gable pediment has moulded eave boards and lead flashing aligned with the eaves. A date stone from 1734 indicates alterations to the building. To the right, there is an old projecting brick stack with stone quoins and rebuilt shafts. Inside, the building features beams with moulded chamfers and a small panelled room that includes a Tudor arched fireplace, which may date back to the 17th century.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • 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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