The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1952. Former rectory. 1 related planning application.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- muted-iron-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1952
- Type
- Former rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Whittington, GL54 4HB
- OS grid reference
- SP 011 211
- Coordinates
- 51.88894, -1.98534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a former rectory dating from the 17th and early 18th centuries, with 19th-century additions. It is constructed of ashlar with a stone slate roof and stone stacks. The building has a rectangular plan based on a 17th/early 18th-century core, with a 19th-century extension to the left gable end, and late 19th-century extensions to the right gable end and rear.
The original part of the building is two storeys and an attic. The attic is lit by three Cotswold dormers, each with two-light stone-mullioned casements with a hood above. The ground and first floors of the original section have three-light stone-mullioned casements (likely replacements of earlier similar windows). A 20th-century plank door is set within a flat-chamfered 'Tudor'-arched surround. A forward-facing gable marks the 19th-century extension to the left, featuring a two-storey canted bay with hollow-chamfered lights. A single-storey extension from 1889 is located on the right side, with a rectangular stone-mullioned canted bay. Gable end and axial stacks are present. The roof has saddleback and roll-moulded coping, and moulded kneelers are also visible. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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