The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 2001. Former rectory, house.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-pilaster-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 July 2001
- Type
- Former rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Scrayingham
- OS grid reference
- SE 731 602
- Coordinates
- 54.03297, -0.88468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a house, built around 1704 and extended around 1840, with some minor alterations made in the late 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick, which is rendered and colour-washed, and features four rendered chimney stacks. It has a hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and is designed in an H-plan layout, comprising two storeys with a three-storey north wing.
The east entrance front has a recessed centre that includes a central porch with a pediment and double glazed doors with an overlight. On either side of the porch are single 12-pane sash windows, and above is an oval window flanked by single 9-pane sashes. The projecting left wing features a basement window and a 12-pane sash window on each floor. The projecting right wing has two 8-pane sash windows and a single 12-pane sash window above on each upper floor.
The south front features a central 15-pane sash window flanked by single canted bay windows with plate glass sashes, and above are three 12-pane sashes. The west front has a central doorway with a glazed door and a pedimented surround. To the left is a pair of 8-pane sash windows, and to the right is a single 15-pane sash window, with three 12-pane sashes above. The projecting left wing has a single 12-pane sash window on each floor, while the right wing has two 12-pane sashes on each floor.
Inside, there is a two-storey central panelled hall with a stick baluster staircase. The back staircase also features a stick baluster design with turned newels. The drawing room includes modern plasterwork and a late 18th-century fireplace. The morning room has a fire grate and surround added by Andrews. Throughout the building, there are original six-panel doors with moulded surrounds.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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