The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1950. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- idle-facade-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Hill, Radstock, BA3 5TZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 704 550
- Coordinates
- 51.29377, -2.42546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house composed of two distinct sections, a later 18th or early 19th century front and an earlier 18th century rear. It has a slate roof in an 'M' shape, with coped verges, moulded footstones, and ashlar end chimneys with moulded capping. The front portion is ashlar faced and has three windows on each floor. It features glazing bar sash windows and a central, square-headed doorway with a moulded flat stone hood supported by cut stone brackets. A plinth and a plain band course run at first floor level. The rear portion is rendered and has two windows on each floor. These windows are stone mullioned casements with small sashes in the centre lights, along with a tall stair window and a sash window with glazing bars. A plain central doorway and a plain doorway to the left have a 1886 Gothic porch. A single-storey extension to the right sits on a cellar and incorporates a pointed arch window with 'Y' pattern square section tracery in a simple Gothic style. Inside, a late 18th century staircase has ramped rails and decorative panels to the shutters. The "Church Room" contains reeded architraves to the windows and arched cupboards flanking the fireplace.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater 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, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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