The Former Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. House.
The Former Rectory
- WRENN ID
- graven-plaster-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Former Rectory, The Old Rectory, 3, Rectory Drive, Alphington, EX2 8XJ
- OS grid reference
- SX 918 899
- Coordinates
- 50.6989, -3.53288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Rectory is a building dating back to 1609, which was refronted by the Reverend William Ellicombe in 1780 and restored in 1880. The exterior is rendered and painted, featuring two storeys and five sash windows. It has an original porch with a three-light mullioned oriel above and a twelve-panelled oak door set in a moulded frame. The building includes a pediment at the eaves level, a modillion cornice, and a slate roof. Inside, the kitchen ceiling, which was originally the parlour, is dated 1627. The arms of the patron, the Earl of Bath, are displayed over the chimney piece, along with Bouchier Knots.
Local climate
The Former Rectory 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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