The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. A Early 19th century Residential. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
south-bastion-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1983
Type
Residential
Period
Early 19th century
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Newtimber, Mid Sussex, BN6 9BT
OS grid reference
TQ 271 135
Coordinates
50.9071, -0.19295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century building. It is two storeys high and has three windows facing west and four windows facing south. The exterior is faced with Roman cement in a bringcourse pattern. A wide eaves cornice runs around the building, and it has a hipped slate roof with intact glazing bars. A stone porch, featuring Doric columns, provides access to the doorway, which has a rectangular fanlight.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
  • 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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