The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- blind-steeple-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Hawkchurch, EX13 5XD
- OS grid reference
- ST 343 004
- Coordinates
- 50.80018, -2.93346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory built in 1859 by John Hicks, who was an apprentice to Thomas Hardy. This large Victorian Gothic building is constructed of stone rubble with freestone dressings and features a steeply pitched plain tile roof with gables. The plan is asymmetrical with gabled elevations, and the building has two storeys and attics, including large gabled dormers. The windows are arranged in groups of cusped lancets. On the south-west side, there is a two-storey stone bay with similar lancets. The entrance features a heavily moulded two-centred arch doorway, with an altered bay window above, which was formerly a large timber-framed gable, supported by massive stone corbels. The building has large stone chimney stacks with set-offs, including one on the north-east side that has octagonal shafts. Inside, there are small stone Gothic chimneypieces. A plan of the house is included in Thomas Hardy's annotated sketchbook, with the note "Hawkchurch Rectory (Rector delighted with its convenience)."
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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