2 and 4, Rectory Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

2 and 4, Rectory Lane

WRENN ID
quiet-banister-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
2 and 4, Rectory Lane, Avening
OS grid reference
ST 885 981
Coordinates
51.68197, -2.16724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 2 and 4 on Rectory Lane are two adjoining cottages dated 1710, as indicated by a sundial on No. 4. They are constructed from coursed rubble stone with long and short quoins and feature a Cotswold stone slate roof. The roof has a central stone ridge stack with two diagonally set flues and an additional stack on the rear of the cross gable. The cottages are a single range with a cross gable on the right side of No. 2.

Both cottages are two storeys tall with an attic in the gable. No. 4 has a later 18th-century gabled porch that includes a finely moulded stone architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a cornice. The ground floor of No. 4 features a restored three-light stone mullion window on the right and a 20th-century window on the left. The first floor has two two-light stone mullion windows with a continuous hood mould and a sundial above. No. 2, to the right, has one two-light stone mullion window on the first floor and another in the attic gable. The original doorway of No. 2 is now completely obscured by a 20th-century porch extension.

Local climate

2 and 4, Rectory Lane receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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