The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Rectory, house. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
quiet-trefoil-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Rectory, house
Address
The Old Rectory, Lane to the Lawns, Slingsby, YO62 4AD
OS grid reference
SE 696 750
Coordinates
54.16647, -0.93404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house. It was built in the early 18th century and has undergone later additions and alterations, including the addition of a third storey. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed limestone with ashlar dressings and features roofs made of Welsh slate and pantiles.

The layout includes a central hallway entry with a service cross wing at the rear. The structure has three storeys and five bays, with the central bay featuring a pediment that projects forward. It has a plinth and quoins, and there are four steps leading up to a half-glazed door that is topped by a fanlight and set within a rusticated architrave that has a stepped keystone. The ground and first floors have sash windows with glazing bars, separated by a band, while the second floor features 6-pane sashes. Throughout the building, there are rusticated architraves with stepped keystones. The eaves have a band, and the gables are finished with coping, shaped kneelers, and corniced end stacks.

Inside, there is an open string dogleg staircase that has two square knop column-on-vase balusters per tread and a ramped handrail. Most windows are fitted with shutters.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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