The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1987. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- ragged-joist-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1987
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Islington, Titchmarsh
- OS grid reference
- TL 020 798
- Coordinates
- 52.40683, -0.50158
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory, now a house, built around 1861. It is constructed of squared coursed limestone with ashlar banding and features a Collyweston slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan and consists of two and three storeys. The main front has five bays, with the centre and right-hand bays projecting forward and topped with gables. The central bay rises to three storeys and includes a central four-light canted bay window with stone mullions, flanked by two-light stone-mullion windows with transoms, all featuring Caernarvon-head lights. There are single-light windows with stone surrounds on the first floor and a two-light stone-mullion window on the second floor. To the right, there is a large three-light Early English style staircase window. The gables have ashlar parapets and kneelers, with ashlar stacks at the ridge and ends. Attached to the left is a seven-storey, three-bay range that resembles the main range, with the centre bay also breaking forward with a gable. The entrance front, located to the right of the main front, features a part-glazed door to the left with an Early English arch-head surround. Above the gable, there is a three-light oriel window with Caernarvon-head lights. The garden front is similar to the main front. The interior has not been inspected but is noted to have a staircase rising around an open well.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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