Foston Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Rectory. 1 related planning application.
Foston Rectory
- WRENN ID
- stony-belfry-meadow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- Foston Rectory, Thornton Road, YO60 7QB
- OS grid reference
- SE 687 648
- Coordinates
- 54.0751, -0.95095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Foston Rectory is a rectory built in 1813, designed by Sydney Smith, who was a notable figure as the founder editor of the "Edinburgh Review" and served as the parson at Foston from 1808 to 1829. The building is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and features a pantile roof. It has a hallway entry with a canted bay on the rear right and a service wing to the left. The main range is two storeys high with three bays, while the service wing is also two storeys but has four bays.
In the main range, there is a wide glazed door set within a wrought iron porch, flanked by sash windows with glazing bars. On the first floor, there is a deep unequal 15-pane sash window, accompanied by two unequal 9-pane sashes. The roof is hipped with ridge stacks. The service wing contains two 16-pane sash windows, with a 6-pane fixed window to the right on the ground floor, and 16-pane sashes with a 6-pane fixed window to the right on the first floor, also featuring ridge stacks.
Local climate
Foston Rectory receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% 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 87% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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