The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. A 19th century Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- dim-joist-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1984
- Type
- Rectory
- Period
- 19th century
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Itchen Valley, Winchester, SO21 1DD
- OS grid reference
- SU 533 322
- Coordinates
- 51.08697, -1.24007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory built in the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick and features a slate roof. The building has a four-bay by three-bay layout, with a service range at the rear. There is a small entrance wing added to the left side and a full-height canted bay added to the right side. The front of the building is two stories high, with the four bays and a one-and-a-half bay entrance wing on the right side.
On the ground floor, there are four openings with rubbed brick heads set in a raised band. The windows include three four-pane sashes and a left center opening that is blind. On the first floor, the left side has two blind openings and two four-light sashes. The right wing features a ground floor entrance with a top-glazed double door under a rubbed brick arch, along with a rectangular fanlight above that has narrow edge panes. To the right of the entrance, there is a sash window with narrow edge panes. Above, there is a narrow sash window to the left and a four-pane sash to the right. The roofs are hipped with boxed eaves, and there is a stack on the front of the main roof near the left end, along with additional stacks at the rear. The Old Rectory is included for its group value with the nearby church and overlooking house and its conservatories.
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 2006
- 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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