The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A C19 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- haunted-plinth-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Aylesbury MP: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, Church Lane, Drayton Beauchamp, HP22 5LT
- OS grid reference
- SP 901 119
- Coordinates
- 51.7992, -0.69339
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house that was formerly used as a rectory, built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of yellow stock brick, with the front elevation rendered and painted. The building features a steeply pitched near-pyramid shaped slate roof with projecting eaves. It is two storeys high, with a front elevation that has three bays of sash windows; the outer bays have four panes each, while the central upper window has three panes. There is a half-glazed central door topped by a semicircular arched fanlight, and a modern porch with a semicircular roof and stone steps. To the right, there is a two-storey wing that dates from the early 19th century but has been altered; it is also made of brick and has a slate roof. Historically, this site was occupied by William Hooker, who wrote about ecclesiastical polity between 1584 and 1585.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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