The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1987. Former vicarage. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- moated-transept-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1987
- Type
- Former vicarage
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Coln St. Dennis, GL54 3JY
- OS grid reference
- SP 086 108
- Coordinates
- 51.79668, -1.87557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former vicarage built in 1810 for Revd. William Price, designed by Pace of Lechlade. The construction incorporated elements of an earlier building. The exterior is primarily rendered, with a slate roof and cream-coloured brick stacks. The building has a roughly rectangular plan, with a 19th-century main section and a possible earlier wing to the north.
The garden front is symmetrical, featuring three windows and originally having two 20-pane sashes on the ground floor, and 12-pane sashes to the first floor. The right-hand return displays similar window arrangements. A narrow band of dressed limestone runs between the ground and first floors on the garden front and right-hand return. The service wing, set back on the right, has 20th-century casement windows; single-light and two-light to the service wing's ground floor, and 12-pane sashes above. The roadside front features a flat-roofed entrance hall and porch with a 19th-century six-panel door, decorative panelling, and flanking single-light windows. The main body of the building has a hipped roof with a central stack, while the service wing features an axial stack.
Inside, the original staircase is a notable feature, constructed with geometrical stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. The doorways retain original reeded architraves.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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