Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silent-parapet-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Church Lane, Sherrington, BA12 0SN
- OS grid reference
- ST 959 391
- Coordinates
- 51.15187, -2.05887
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of dressed limestone and flint, with some chalk block, and features a thatched roof with brick stacks. The cottage is single-storey with an attic and has a two-window east front. The entrance includes a planked door set within a 20th-century porch, flanked by two-light casements on either side and a single-light casement to the right. To the left, there is a 20th-century altered bay that is rendered and has casements. The cottage also has two eyebrow dormers, each with 2-light casements. The right return gable end wall is made of chalk block and features a Victorian posting box set into the wall. The rear, facing the road, has two 2-light casements on the ground floor and three eyebrow dormers with 2-light casements; the left two are made of chalk, while the right one is a 20th-century addition. The left return has two 2-light casements on the ground floor. Inside, there is an open fireplace with a chamfered cambered lintel on stone jambs, along with a bread oven that has an unusual wooden door.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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