The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- high-trefoil-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Cogenhoe and Whiston, NN7 1NN
- OS grid reference
- SP 849 606
- Coordinates
- 52.23778, -0.75757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, likely dating from the 15th century, with alterations made between the 17th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a plain-tile roof from the 20th century, along with stone end stacks. The building has a cruck frame and was originally designed as a hall house, now arranged in a three-unit plan.
It is two stories high with a two-window range. The central entrance consists of a plank door with an overlight, set within a 20th-century timber porch that has a hipped roof. To the right on the ground floor, there is a 20th-century canted bay window, and to the far left, a small rectangular casement window, both featuring wooden lintels. The first floor has two-light leaded casement windows, also with wooden lintels.
On the left side, there is a 19th-century single-storey extension that includes a two-light casement window and a back door, both with wooden lintels. Inside, the property has two raised cruck trusses. One of these likely served as the central truss of a small two-bay hall and features hollow chamfers on the cruck blades, two tiers of collars, with the lower collar also having a hollow chamfer, and a saddle. The other truss appears to be a closed truss at the service end of the hall, featuring two collars and clasped principals, along with wind-braced purlins.
Local climate
The Old 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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