The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- scarred-courtyard-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Kettering MP: Rosie Wrighting (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rectory, Main Street, Ashley, LE16 8HF
- OS grid reference
- SP 794 909
- Coordinates
- 52.51047, -0.83061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is a house that now serves as a rectory, built in the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of limestone and lias ashlar, topped with a Collyweston slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan and is two storeys high. The main front features a three-window range with two- and three-light stone mullion windows, and a canted stone bay on the left side. There is a central gabled porch with 19th-century glazed doors. The left bay projects forward as a gabled cross wing, and the first-floor window to the right is set in a half dormer. The building has 19th-century cast iron gutters and hopper heads, with ashlar gable parapets and stone stacks at both ends. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted to contain some 19th-century panelled doors with brass furniture. The Rectory has been in use as a rectory since 1919. Some architectural details are similar to those found in the Old School House designed by Sir G.S. Scott, which adds to its group value.
Local climate
The Rectory sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 application
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