The Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1955. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- cold-cobalt-evening
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1955
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, B3046, Cheriton, Winchester, SO24 0PZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 581 283
- Coordinates
- 51.05196, -1.17108
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a late 17th-century building that has been altered in the 19th century and is now a private house. It is likely built on the site of an earlier structure. The building is constructed of brick and features an old plain tile roof with lead ridges. It has a five by three bay layout, with a 19th-century service range attached to one side and a rectangular two-storey bay added to the other side.
The front of the house has two storeys and an attic raised on a basement. A central doorway is approached by a flight of plain stone steps with wrought iron railings. On either side of the basement are two-light casements. The central entrance features an 18th-century six-panel door set within an architrave and a rectangular fanlight above, which has a semi-circular light cut into it. There is a moulded flat hood supported by heavy carved scroll brackets.
In the left bay, both floors have 17th-century timber cross-windows. There is a similar window on the first floor of the second bay from the left, which has been inserted between it and a round floor window, along with an 18th-century twelve-pane sash window that serves as a stair light. To the right, there are cross windows with 18th-century twelve-pane sashes below, and raised brick window surrounds. The building features a wide moulded timber cornice and a hipped roof with massive symmetrical stacks that have pilasters at the angles on the return ridges.
The garden front is similar to the main front but includes a first-floor string course and late 18th-century sash windows. The interior is primarily early 19th-century, but the staircase is a late 17th-century heavy oak structure with turned balusters, a heavy moulded handrail, and newel posts.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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