The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-tower-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Pen Selwood, BA9 8LS
- OS grid reference
- ST 756 314
- Coordinates
- 51.08197, -2.34958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a former rectory built in the early 19th century, with modifications made in the early 20th century. It is constructed of local greensand stone that is rendered on the west elevation and features a fish-scale clay tile roof with ornamental bargeboards on the gables, along with rendered chimney stacks. The building has a 'T'-plan layout and consists of two storeys with four bays, where the first bay projects. It includes a plinth and exposed rafter ends, with a margined two-light casement window above margined French doors under a fanlight in bay one. The other windows are mullioned and transomed leaded metal casement windows. There is a projecting gabled porch with a part-glazed door in bay three, and a segmental arched doorway set in a recess on the north wing wall of the house. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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