The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Whatley, BA11 3LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 735 476
- Coordinates
- 51.22773, -2.37983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a rectory built around 1810. It features a smooth render exterior, a cornice band, a parapet with coping, and a plain clay tile roof. The building has three hipped dormers and end brick stacks, presenting a plain Classical facade. It is two stories tall, with a cellar and attic, and has five bays with 12-pane sash windows set in reveals. The central porch has a hipped roof, and there is a segmental headed window opening at the front, along with a segmental head door opening to the right side, which includes a four-panelled door. At the rear, there is a semi-circular arch head stair-light. The central door opening is beneath a moulded stone hood supported by shaped brackets. The interior retains a well-preserved staircase, doors, and some plasterwork from 1810. The building is marked as the Rectory on the Ordnance Survey map.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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