The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1968. A C18 Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sombre-pilaster-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Northampton South MP: Mike Reader (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1968
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Elwes Way, Billing, NN3 9EA
- OS grid reference
- SP 809 628
- Coordinates
- 52.25748, -0.8153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a late 17th-century building, with a south front that was refaced in the 18th century using ashlar. The remainder of the house is constructed of coursed rubble with stone coped gables on kneelers. It has a Welsh slated roof, including a dormer on the south front. The building is two storeys high with attics. The south front features five sash windows, each with a keystone. A six-panelled central door is topped by a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, all set under a round arch with a keystone. The north front has mullioned and transomed casement windows. The west front features leaded casement windows, one of which has a wood mullion.
Local climate
The Old Rectory 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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