The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1958. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
lunar-passage-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1958
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Rectory, Cricket Lane, Knowle St. Giles, TA19 0PW
OS grid reference
ST 360 112
Coordinates
50.89721, -2.91019
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a detached cottage, likely dating from the 18th century with a 19th-century crosswing. It is constructed of local stone rubble with a thatched roof. The north crosswing has steep, coped gables, while the south end has a hip roof. There are ashlar chimney stacks. The house is arranged in a 'T' shape. The north elevation is two storeys high with three bays. The ground floor features margined French windows in the outer bays, and a boarded door in a lined recess in the centre. A window has been inserted to the left of the door. The first floor has three-light, 'Y'-traceried casements; the pointed-arched heads of these windows protrude into the thatch. The west gable of the crosswing is plain, with horizontal casements on the south side and in the west flank of a long extension that runs southwards. The interior was not inspected.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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