The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block and Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block and Outbuilding
- WRENN ID
- tall-wicket-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block and Outbuilding, Courteenhall, NN7 2QE
- OS grid reference
- SP 764 529
- Coordinates
- 52.16912, -0.88382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, along with its attached stable block and outbuilding, is a house built in the late 18th century, with alterations and additions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The main building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with hipped slate roofs and brick lateral stacks. The layout is in a T shape, featuring a central three-story pavilion with a canted projection. This projection is rendered and has 12-pane sash windows, each with a blank round trefoiled head. The two-story, two-window symmetrical flanking wings also have similar windows, with brick jambs and heads. A four-panel part-glazed door, topped with an overlight and a matching round head, is situated on the far right of the facade. Ironstone quoins are present. A single-story stable block is attached to the left, featuring a centrally blocked door with a round-arched head, flanked by nine-pane sash windows with flat-arched heads and keyblocks, all under a half-hipped slate roof. A lower, single-story outbuilding connects the stable block to the main building. A datestone above the door is inscribed "EB/1796". On the garden front, the three-story projection has canted sash windows; those on the ground floor have segmental-arched brick heads and a crow-stepped gable. Inside, the hall and staircase hall have a chequered stone-paved floor. The open well staircase has a wood trellis balustrade, painted black to imitate a cast-iron design, with a ramped and wreathed mahogany handrail, and carved tread ends. The library, located in the garden projection, contains fitted bookcases with segmental-arched heads.
Local climate
The Old Rectory and Attached Stable Block and Outbuilding sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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