The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Rectory. 6 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-steeple-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Burytown Lane, Blunsdon, SN26 7DQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 153 907
- Coordinates
- 51.61575, -1.77961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory, built in 1868 and attributed to Ewan Christian, is a two-storey building with an attic and cellar. It is constructed from rough faced snecked rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is made of stone slate with coped gables and footstones. The building has three irregular bays, with a gabled break on the right side. There are mullion windows with transoms on the ground floor and first floor to the right. A hipped closed porch is located in the angled break, and there is a square hipped bay on the ground floor to the left. The rainwater heads on the west side are dated "+ 1868".
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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