The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Rectory. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- solemn-corner-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Church Street, Yeovilton and District, BA22 8EQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99848, -2.65508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an 18th-century rectory, now a private house. The main facade is constructed of Ham stone ashlar, with local stone used on the sides. It has a Welsh slate double roof concealed behind a parapet with high copings, and one stone and one brick chimney stack at each end. The building is two storeys high with three bays, plus a side entrance. It incorporates a high plinth and two cast-iron frame basement windows. Two angled bay windows with 12-pane sashes and lead hipped roofs are present on the ground floor; the centre bay is blank. The upper floor features three 9-pane sashes set within raised surrounds, with a string course marking the division between the floors. A heavy, ornate cornice tops the facade, followed by a parapet. A flat-roofed colonnade with square columns leads to a single-storey entrance lobby. A two-storey flat-roofed extension is located at the rear.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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