The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Rectory. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- secret-landing-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Elworthy, Somerset, TA4 3PX
- OS grid reference
- ST 083 348
- Coordinates
- 51.10597, -3.31069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a circa 1838 rectory, now a private house. It is constructed of coarse render, grooved to resemble ashlar, with projecting pilaster quoins, an unmoulded plinth, and a hipped slate roof with brick stacks. The main house is double-pile and has a service wing to the rear. The front of the building is two storeys high and features three bays. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, while those on the ground floor are 5 x 4-pane sashes. A central 6-panel double door sits within a recessed arched surround, topped with a fanlight. The left return now serves as the entrance front, also with a recessed arched surround, fanlight, and 6-panel double doors. A brass handle is present, and a fire token from the Sun Insurance Company is located above the door. A lower, one and a half bay service wing adjoins the left side. The building ceased to function as a rectory in 1919.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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