The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1952. A Post-Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
hollow-quoin-mallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Vale of White Horse
Constituency
Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1952
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
The Old Rectory, Coleshill, SN6 7PR
OS grid reference
SU 236 938
Coordinates
51.64256, -1.65954
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. The first documentary reference to a vicarage on this site dates back to 1677, but the building retains features from the 14th century and has undergone alterations in the 18th century, 19th century, and again in the 1960s. During the last phase of restoration, the 19th century southwest front was removed to unveil the 18th century facade, giving the house its current Georgian character. The structure is built of rubble stone with reused 19th century blocked stone dressings for the windows and dressed stone quoins. It has a gabled slate roof and the southwest front is two storeys with an attic, featuring five bays, two gabled dormers with leaded casements, modern sash windows, and a projecting moulded box cornice beneath a coped stone parapet. There is a centrally placed panelled door with a flat hood supported by ornately carved brackets. On the southeast wall, there is a medieval diagonal buttress with set-offs and a medieval chimney stack, also with set-offs, located centrally on the wall. The top stage of the stack has been rebuilt in brick. To the south of the chimney are two 14th century windows; one is a plain squared opening, while the other below it is a two-light mullion window with cusping. To the northwest, there is a two-storey extension built in 1825 of chequered brick with a gabled slate roof.

Inside, the southeast room on the ground floor features 19th century arched recesses with moulded wood architraves decorated with patera. The two medieval windows on the east wall have deep splays.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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