The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- haunted-cobalt-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, 34, East Street, South Molton, EX36 3DF
- OS grid reference
- SS 717 259
- Coordinates
- 51.01887, -3.82979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a mid-18th century building located on East Street in South Molton. It is two storeys high and has a stucco exterior with a slate roof. The building features a modillion eaves cornice and three sash windows with intact glazing bars and keystones. On the ground floor, there are two Venetian windows. The right side of the building is slate hung and includes a later verandah. Inside, there are two notable fireplaces dating from around 1770, with one featuring swags and urn decorations.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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