The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1988. Rectory, detached house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- fallow-truss-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1988
- Type
- Rectory, detached house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Street, Hilperton, BA14 7RL
- OS grid reference
- ST 873 593
- Coordinates
- 51.33283, -2.18251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century rectory, now a detached house. It's constructed from limestone ashlar with a hipped Welsh slate roof and ashlar stacks. The main facade is two storeys high with two window bays. A double-height, half-glazed door is on the left, and a blind window is to the right. The first floor has an 8-pane sash window on the left and a blind window on the right; the central two bays project slightly, with deep, boxed eaves to the roof. The right-hand return, which faces the garden, has two large, 16-pane ground-floor sashes set within segmental arches, and a plat band above the first floor, where two horizontal 8-pane sash windows are located. The rear elevation features two 16-pane ground-floor sashes, one 8-pane sash, and a blind window on the first floor. A two-storey service wing is attached to the rear right, with 16-pane sashes. The interior retains original joinery, including window shutters, 6-panelled doors in moulded architraves, and a staircase with stick balusters. The building ceased to be occupied as a rectory in 1980.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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