The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Former rectory. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
stark-quoin-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1988
Type
Former rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Stubbs Lane, Kington St. Michael, SN14 6HY
OS grid reference
ST 903 771
Coordinates
51.49298, -2.14083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory with origins in the 17th century, though the east front was largely rebuilt in the early 18th century, with alterations made in 1897. It is constructed of rubble stone, with an ashlar front and slate roofs. The end stacks are of ashlar. The building is two storeys and has an attic.

The formal east front, said to date from around 1712-16, features five windows arranged vertically with raised panels, rusticated angle piers, and horizontal mouldings. The design includes a plinth, string course, and eaves cornice that projects over the window bays and piers. The windows are 19th-century sashes in raised, moulded surrounds. A central 6-panel door with a traceried overlight, apparently from the early 19th century, is set within a shallow raised surround featuring reeded strips, roundel decoration, and a shallow pediment.

A parallel rear range includes a large arched doorway in the north end, with a 19th-century hoodmould above a first-floor window, and a gable plaque inscribed 'Nisi Dominus 1897'. The rear also has scattered sash windows and an 18-pane stairlight. A south range features two ridge stacks, two first-floor, ovolo-moulded, three-light mullion windows dating to the 17th century, and a projecting single-storey range of outbuildings to the northwest. The south front is roughcast and has scattered 19th-century sash windows.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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