The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1951. Former rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- nether-tracery-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1951
- Type
- Former rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, the Street, Brinkworth, SN15 5AF
- OS grid reference
- SU 015 844
- Coordinates
- 51.55893, -1.97936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now used as a rest home, dating back to the late 18th century. It has undergone significant alterations and additions in the late 19th century and again in 1936. The original 18th-century core is constructed of brick and heavily covered in ivy, while a later 19th-century addition has half-timbering and plasterwork, and the 1936 wing is of coursed rubble. All have stone slate roofs, with the original 18th-century section featuring a hip roof. Tall brick stacks are present, along with a stone stack to the east. The building is L-shaped, comprising the original 18th-century range to the left, a 1936 wing to the right, and 19th-century additions to the rear.
The 18th-century block has sash windows: paired 18-pane sashes to the ground floor and paired 8-pane sashes above. The 1936 wing features two- and three-light sash windows, a gabled dormer, and a gabled end bay with concrete facing tiles. A glazed conservatory, supported by Roman Doric columns, is situated in the angle between the 18th-century block and the rest of the building. The west front includes a 1936 segmental hood over a six-panel door, which has a spoked semicircular fanlight above. A leaded pane window is located to the right, and there is half-timbering to the left.
Inside, an early 19th-century marble fireplace is found in a ground floor room of the original 18th-century section.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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