The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Vicarage, house. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- stranded-rubble-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Vicarage, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, 1-4, Longborough, GL56 0QF
- OS grid reference
- SP 177 293
- Coordinates
- 51.96204, -1.74259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former detached vicarage, now divided into four separate residences. It dates primarily to the 18th century, with later additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone with a stone slate roof and ashlar stacks.
The main body of the house is rectangular in form, with a 20th-century stair projection at the rear. A later 18th-century extension connects to the left gable end, and a 19th-century extension is attached to the right gable end. The front of the building, facing the garden, is two storeys and has an attic, with three gabled dormers lighting the eaves. It presents a symmetrical three-window facade. Large, 20th-century two-light casements with horizontal glazing bars are set within plain architraves on the ground floor, with similar, smaller casements above. Identical windows are present in the 18th-century extension to the left. The 19th-century extension, also two storeys and with an attic, has two small circular windows and 12-pane sashes in the facade. The central portion features a part-glazed front door with two fielded panels and a three-pane light above, surrounded by a plain architrave with keystone imposts and a triangular pediment. Gable-end stacks, with moulded cappings and ceramic chimney pots, are present on the main body and extensions to the lower right and left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Rectory 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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