Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
open-spire-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
House
Address
Old Rectory, Preston Capes, NN11 3TE
OS grid reference
SP 574 548
Coordinates
52.18927, -1.16102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, dating from the early 18th century but with earlier origins and significant additions from the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble and red brick, topped with hipped slate roofs and featuring various brick stacks at the lateral, ridge, and end positions. The building has two storeys and an attic.

The stone core of the house has two three-light leaded casement windows with timber lintels on the front, which faces the village, as well as a small roof dormer. To the right side, there is a part-glazed plank door. A stone range projects to the right towards the rear, which has a glazed door that is mostly obscured by a slightly lower early 19th-century brick front range. This front range features three-light leaded casement windows with pointed arch heads and hood moulds on both the ground and first floors.

The right end of the second stone wing, which faces the garden, includes a four-light painted stone arch-mullion window on the ground floor, an early 19th-century brick porch with a panelled door and fanlight to the right, and a similar three-light window on the first floor. Behind this wing, facing the garden, is a large early 19th-century brick range with three windows that have 15-pane sashes and segmental heads. The rear and side of the building, which face the churchyard, feature other sash windows with 12 panes, leaded wood mullion and transom windows, as well as casement windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Old Rectory receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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