Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Rectory. 5 related planning applications.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- final-cinder-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Chippenham MP: Sarah Gibson (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Old Rectory, Wootton Bassett Road, Lyneham and Bradenstoke, SN15 4PQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 023 796
- Coordinates
- 51.5154, -1.96752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a 19th-century rectory that has been converted into a house. It is constructed from ashlar limestone with a brick gable facing the road. The building features a stone slate roof with dormers. Inside, there is a central hall with flanking reception rooms, a cross wing to the right, and a rear wing. The exterior includes crenellated canted bays with stone mullions and Tudor arch lights that contain cast iron casements. The central porch is also crenellated and has angle buttresses that rise as towers. On the first floor, there are one and two-light windows with labels, and a three-light window in the cross wing. Additionally, there is a roundel in the gable of the cross wing that features mouchettes.
Local climate
Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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