The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Rectory. 13 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- outer-merlon-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Sunningwell, OX13 6RB
- OS grid reference
- SP 496 005
- Coordinates
- 51.70153, -1.28294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a building dating from around 1840, originally built as a rectory and now converted into three flats. It is constructed from coursed and dressed limestone, featuring ashlar dressings and chamfered raised quoins. The roof is hipped and covered with Welsh slate, and there are rendered stone stacks at the ends. The building has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high, with a symmetrical three-window façade.
The entrance features a 19th-century half-glazed door with an overlight and a round-arched entry to the porch. Keyed flat stone arches are present over the tripartite sash windows, and there is a six-pane sash window above the door, all set in a raised and keyed architrave. A raised storey band and deep eaves add to the architectural detail. At the rear right, there are two-storey and one-storey service wings that match the main building in materials and style.
Inside, 19th-century features include marble fireplaces and a plain dog-leg staircase with stick balusters. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 13 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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