Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1988. Rectory. 5 related planning applications.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
lesser-flagstone-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cherwell
Constituency
Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 October 1988
Type
Rectory
Address
Old Rectory, Main Street, Hethe, OX27 8ES
OS grid reference
SP 592 294
Coordinates
51.96045, -1.13886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a late 17th-century rectory, later used as a house, with 19th-century additions and 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with a steeply pitched slate roof, brick end stacks, and is arranged in a T-plan with a central range and a later range to the rear, plus further 19th-century single-storey additions. The front elevation has two storeys plus attics and a three-window range. A blocked original entrance is in the left gable, replaced by a 20th-century entrance with a window opening and a 20th-century Tuscan porch. This new entrance is flanked by two-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with keyblock stone heads. The first floor features three two-light wood mullioned and transomed windows with keyblock stone heads, lead cames, and wrought-iron springs. There are also three flat-roofed dormers. The interior includes a fireplace with a chamfered bressumer and a room featuring a beamed ceiling. A cellar is also said to exist. The building was mentioned in 1679 and suffered a fire in 1928.

Local climate

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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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