Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. A Early C19 House.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
woven-attic-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1984
Type
House
Address
Old Rectory, Ormside
OS grid reference
NY 703 173
Coordinates
54.55056, -2.46018
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a large house built in the early 19th century, with later alterations. It features a deep plinth made of roughly dressed, squared, and snecked rubble that supports rendered walls. The roof is made of Welsh slate and has coursed stone end chimneys, along with two late 19th-century gabled dormers at the rear.

The front of the house is symmetrical, two stories high, and has three bays. There are steps leading up to a central panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above it. On either side of the door, there is a single sash window, and on the first floor, there are three 16-pane sash windows, all set within stone surrounds. The rear of the house has four bays and features a bridge leading to a late 19th-century door and porch, which replaced the original entry through the cellar. A ramp leads down to an external walkway that runs around the house at ground level.

Inside, there is an oval-shaped staircase with a spiral curtail and a large turned central baluster, along with square balusters and a cut string with carved tread-ends. All original panelled doors are intact, and their surrounds feature continuous roll-moulding that terminates in small gothic bases. Some original fireplaces remain, and the ground floor rooms are adorned with large section, roll-moulded cornices.

Local climate

Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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