Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. House, former rectory. 1 related planning application.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
tall-lintel-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1969
Type
House, former rectory
Address
Old Rectory, Rectory Lane, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2NZ
OS grid reference
SP 499 420
Coordinates
52.07493, -1.2731
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is built from coursed limestone rubble and features an artificial stone slate roof, along with stone and brick stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, comprising five bays.

The garden front, which has double gables, includes a 19th-century Gothic window with a trefoil head at the center of the ground floor. To the left, there is a 19th-century bay window topped with a castellated parapet. On the right, there are two windows with stone lintels and 19th-century plate glass sashes. The first floor mirrors this arrangement with similar windows. The attic features windows with stone lintels and six-pane sashes. The gable ends are coped and include kneelers, while the left side has 19th-century windows, two of which have stone hoods. The right side also has 19th-century windows.

The rear elevation is irregular and has three gables, with a 20th-century doorway. The first floor and attic contain 17th-century three-light stone mullioned windows. The interior has not been inspected. A wing added in the 19th century by Sir George Gilbert Scott, designed in the Decorated Gothic style, was demolished around 1975.

Local climate

Old 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 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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