The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Rectory. 8 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- distant-flue-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Church Lane, Bulwick, NN17 3DY
- OS grid reference
- SP 963 942
- Coordinates
- 52.53778, -0.58075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a building with origins dating back to the 17th century, featuring datestones from 1827 and 1868, associated with Reverend J.T. Tryon. It has been altered in the mid-20th century. The structure is made of squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and has a plain tile roof from the 20th century. The original layout is unclear, but it now has an irregular L-shape and consists of two storeys with an attic.
The front elevation has a four-window range of unhorned sash windows with glazing bars, set under stone lintels with keyblocks. The first-floor windows have been reduced in height. To the left of the centre is a French window that matches the style of the other windows. The roof features a pair of arch-headed eaves dormers at the centre, ashlar quoins, and a mansard design with ashlar gable parapets and end stacks that have moulded cornices. The datestone from 1827 is located at the centre, below the eaves.
To the rear left of the garden front, there is a tall staircase window with glazing bars. The four-window range to the left, dating from around 1868, is in a similar style to the garden front but has a gabled roof, with a datestone to the right. The entrance front to the right of the garden front was remodelled in the mid-20th century when a 17th-century range was removed, all done in a similar style. Evidence of 17th-century masonry can be seen at the first-floor level on the rear wall of the garden front.
Inside, the entrance hall features an early 19th-century staircase with a stick balustrade around an open well. The rooms facing the garden have reeded door surrounds and panelled reveals.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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