The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1959. House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-rubblework-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Harpsden
- OS grid reference
- SU 749 809
- Coordinates
- 51.52212, -0.92141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building that was likely constructed in the early 18th century, with a front added in the mid-18th century. It is made of red brick and has a plain tile roof with brick stacks. The structure has two floors and an attic, featuring a three-window range. At the center, there is a projecting square-plan porch with a half-circular arched doorway that contains a sash door. Flanking this are two-storey and attic angled bays with sash windows in all openings, alongside tripartite sashes on both the ground and first floors. A wooden dentil cornice is present at the attic floor level, and there is a parapet above, which includes windows on either side and blind panels on the bay. The interior has not been inspected. Additionally, there is a two-storey, one-window wing to the left that is designed in a similar style.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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