The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Private house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- dusted-casement-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Private house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Greystoke, CA11 0UJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 444 309
- Coordinates
- 54.6703, -2.86341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century rectory, later converted into a private house, with a mid-19th century extension. It is constructed of pink sandstone ashlar, with angle pilasters, and has a hipped roof covered in graduated greenslate, with ashlar chimney stacks. The main block is two storeys high and six bays wide, with a projecting central two-bay section topped by a pediment. It features sash windows with slender glazing bars, set in stone surrounds. A 19th-century glazed door is located on the rear, within a Tuscan-style porch with a panelled reveal. A large round-headed stair window is also present on the left side. A two-storey, four-bay rear extension forms an L-shape with the main house and incorporates sash windows with glazing bars in stone surrounds. A further single-storey extension mirrors this style. Internal shutters are present in each window of the original house.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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