Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1986. House.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- tangled-wall-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Rectory, Church Lane, Ashton Keynes
- OS grid reference
- SU 044 941
- Coordinates
- 51.64642, -1.93684
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house dating from the 18th century, built on the site of, and possibly incorporating parts of, a rectory constructed around 1584. It features coursed limestone rubble and a stone slate roof. The main block consists of three bays, with an added forward wing from the later 18th century or early 19th century on the left side. The earlier work includes large ashlar quoins and window jambs with timber lintels. The entrance is located in a two-storey block at the re-entrant angle, which has 12-pane sash windows on the first floor, a wide six-panel door, and a later 20th-century canopy. Timber casement windows are also present. Inside, the property has chamfered ceiling beams and remnants of a malting kiln. A datestone from 1584, along with the initials of Thomas Aubrey, the vicar, is located in the gable, now internal.
Local climate
Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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