The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- riven-gargoyle-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Charlbury
- OS grid reference
- SP 355 194
- Coordinates
- 51.87228, -1.48574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a vicarage, now serving as a house and surgery, built in 1853 by S.L. Seckham. It is constructed of coursed squared rubble with ashlar dressings and features a plain tile roof. The building is designed in the Gothic revival style with an irregular two-span plan.
The west facade has two storeys and a three-window range of three-light mullioned and transomed casements, each with stopped drip moulds. In the center, there are two-storey canted bay windows that include a blind triangular recess and a parapet adorned with kneelers and a finial. The gables on the left and right also have kneelers. The roof is punctuated by three twin-shafted chimneys, one of which is clad in brick.
Access to the building is from the east, facing Church Lane, through a porch that features a two-centred door, diagonal buttresses, and a part-stepped gable with kneelers. Above the door, there is a display of the arms of W W Stodart, the incumbent from 1853 to 1856. The Y-tracery in the side porch windows is reminiscent of the tracery found in the nearby Church of St Mary. To the left of the porch, there is a large three-light stair window. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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