Rectory Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Rectory Cottages

WRENN ID
roaming-gateway-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Rectory Cottages, Bourton-On-The-Hill, GL56 9AF
OS grid reference
SP 174 324
Coordinates
51.99033, -1.74702
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Cottages are two semi-detached cottages built in the late 18th century to early 19th century, with a 20th-century extension. They are constructed from coursed squared and dressed limestone and feature a limestone slate roof with limestone gable end coping, as well as ashlar and 20th-century artificial stone stacks. The original roof has been replaced with concrete tiles. The cottages have a rectangular plan, with the 20th-century extension located at the left gable end.

The buildings are two storeys high, with the upper storey illuminated by four dormers along the eaves. All windows in the main body are two-light metal casements with leaded lights, and there are four windows in total on the main facade. The ground floor windows and doors have segmental heads. A three-light wood mullioned window, which is now blocked, is located in the right gable end.

The doors to the main body include a 19th-century plank door positioned off-centre to the left and a 20th-century part-glazed door on the right. The 20th-century extension has a lower roof and features one window with two-light casements and a single plank door at the lower right. The main body’s roof includes the remains of an ashlar stack at the right gable end, with a 20th-century artificial stone stack nearby, a central single ashlar stack with a moulded cap, and an artificial stone stack at the left gable end. The right gable end has flat coping.

Local climate

Rectory Cottages receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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