The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Rectory.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- fossil-bailey-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, 48, Church Way, Northampton
- OS grid reference
- SP 787 618
- Coordinates
- 52.24909, -0.84719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory, built around 1758 with additions made in 1777, is a two-storey building with attics constructed of red brick. It features a floor band and stone quoins. The façade includes five sash windows set beneath flat arches and a glazed porch. The west wing is made of coursed rubble and has a stone slate roof with stone-coped side gables. There is a low brick connecting wing topped with a castellated parapet. The Rectory was originally built for the Reverend James Henney, who authored "Meditations among the Tombs," with later additions made for the Reverend Robert Knight.
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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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