Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1988. Rectory.
Rectory
- WRENN ID
- night-gargoyle-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1988
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Rectory, Church Road, Lydney
- OS grid reference
- SO 633 025
- Coordinates
- 51.72083, -2.5321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory, dated 1841, is a Grade II listed building located on Lydney Church Road. It features fine sandstone ashlar with coped gables and a plain tile roof. The building has a group of five diagonal stacks on the left side, with two on the left gable and three in the valley, all topped with individual heavy moulded cappings and set on simple plinths. This two-storey structure showcases a twin-gabled Tudor Gothic design.
The front has three windows, consisting of 2-light casements above 3-light casements, all with horizontal bars and 4-centre heads, and transoms on the ground floor, framed in wood with plain chamfer surrounds. The central Tudor doorway has a stopped drip and plain spandrels, featuring a glazed 19th-century door with side panels and a transom, accessed by three steps. The left gable displays a shield with a talbot, while the right gable features the date.
To the left is a long service wing, with a stair turret and a second entrance next to the external stack. The rear elevation mirrors the front, with a combination of 2-light windows above a blank section, and additional 2 and 3-light windows.
Local climate
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 greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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