The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. A C19 Rectory, house.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- waiting-steeple-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1988
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, East Pennard
- OS grid reference
- ST 597 374
- Coordinates
- 51.13516, -2.57664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of rubble with freestone dressings and features a slate roof with coped verges and restored ashlar stacks. The building has a square plan and is designed in the Tudor style, standing two storeys tall with an attic. The garden frontage has three bays and includes three small gablets in the attic, one of which has a two-light stone-mullioned window. The first floor features a three-light stone-mullioned window and two mullioned and transomed casements, all with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two pairs of French windows set in freestone surrounds, along with a three-light canted bay window that has stone-mullioned and transomed windows. The door opening on the west side has a four-centred arch head and a ribbed door. Inside, there is ornamental plasterwork and three interesting fireplaces on the ground floor. The Old Rectory is prominently located in the settlement, next to the parish Church of All Saints.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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