The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Rectory. 7 related planning applications.

The Rectory

WRENN ID
dusk-wall-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Rectory
Address
The Rectory, High Street, Whitchurch-On-Thames, RG8 7DF
OS grid reference
SU 635 770
Coordinates
51.4884, -1.08608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rectory is a house, likely dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of painted brick with a slate roof and brick stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window front. The central entrance features double sash doors within a porch supported by square Doric columns. There are twelve-pane sashes on either side of the entrance. The first floor also has four twelve-pane sashes. The roof is hipped. The interior has not been inspected. A later, probably 20th-century, wing of two storeys and one window is attached to the right. This wing has a 20th-century three-panel door to the right, topped with a flat hood supported on shaped brackets, and a 20th-century metal casement window to the left and on the first floor.

Local climate

The 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 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 7 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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