The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1971. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- lone-threshold-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1971
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Telscombe, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 405 034
- Coordinates
- 50.81377, -0.00676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, built around 1840, is a two-storey building in the Tudor Gothic style. It features four windows and is finished in stucco. The design includes three gables adorned with scalloped bargeboards. The windows are casement style and have dripstones above them. The entrance is highlighted by a doorway with a pediment above, a fanlight with a depressed pointed head, and a Gothic-style door.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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