The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1966. Detached house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- still-ledge-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1966
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Street, Mere
- OS grid reference
- ST 810 322
- Coordinates
- 51.08899, -2.27175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a large detached house built in 1774 with later 19th-century additions. It features coursed limestone rubble and a roof covered in fish-scale tiles. The building has an L-shaped plan with two main sections and additional one and two-storey extensions to the north. The part facing the church is two storeys high with an attic and has three plus one windows, primarily consisting of 4-pane sash windows. There is a 2-light glazing bar casement on the first floor, and on the ground floor to the right, there is a 2-light leaded window that reaches pavement level. The right side, which returns to the north, has four small 2-light casements with leaded glass under wooden lintels, along with a large tripartite window featuring 4:12:4-pane sashes and a 3-light leaded casement. There are also two hipped 2-light dormers. The entrance door is located within the 'L' shape of the building. To the right, there is a later one-storey wing with a hipped return, and the house has three brick ridge stacks. The two-storey extensions to the northwest are not of special interest.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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