The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1954. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- brooding-bastion-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1954
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Woolaston, GL15 6PR
- OS grid reference
- ST 585 993
- Coordinates
- 51.69117, -2.60053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century rectory, now a dwelling, with an east wing added in 1860. The central block is three stories high and the wings are two stories high. The building is rendered, with Welsh slate hipped roofs; the central unit and wings have V-joint pilaster strips. The central block features a plinth, wood cornice, and stone blocking course, with full-height flat bays containing 12-pane sashes over 16-pane sashes, all with stone cills. A 20th-century door is centrally placed within a broad surround featuring V-joint detailing. The wings have 12-pane over three-light sashes with glazing bars and independent hipped roofs. Inside, many original doors, shutters, and a staircase, potentially from 1860, are present. The staircase is located in an elliptical hall and runs back to the first floor, then across. A stone vaulted cellar is situated at the back of the property. Historical records indicate the rectory was rebuilt or remodelled in 1814, with a west wing added in 1820 and the east wing in 1860.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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