The Glebe House the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. A C15 House. 1 related planning application.
The Glebe House the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- errant-corridor-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Glebe House the Old Rectory, Crowcombe, TA4 4AA
- OS grid reference
- ST 141 366
- Coordinates
- 51.12288, -3.22872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Glebe House, also known as The Old Rectory, is a house that was once used as a rectory and has since been divided. It dates back to the 15th century, with alterations made in the 16th century and further enlargement in the 19th century. The building features roughcast on the left side and rendered rubble on the right, topped with a triple Roman tiled roof and decorative ridge tiles. There is a central stone stack and an independently roofed extension on the right, with all gables adorned with decorative bargeboards.
The layout consists of a medieval hall house with four bays on the left, which has been ceiled and later expanded with a T-shaped block added in the 19th century to the right. The structure is two stories high and has a facade with four, two, one, and one bays. The right side includes three-light casements in four gabled dormers, with two 16-pane sashes and two 12-pane sashes beyond. On the ground floor, there are two three-light casements on the left, a pair of 16-pane sashes, and a pair of 12-pane sashes flanking a round-headed doorway that features a plank door with a blocked fanlight.
The entrance to the left half is in a single-storey, one-bay extension, while there is a full-height canted bay on the right return. Although the interior was not viewed, it is said to contain remains of smoke-blackened jointed crucks, indicating the presence of an open hall house, as well as hollow chamfered beads from the 16th century when the hall was ceiled. The building is listed primarily for its group value, as the many gables with decorative bargeboards create a lively backdrop to the church, and also for its historical significance as a reputed medieval hall house.
Local climate
The Glebe House the Old Rectory receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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