The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1986. A C19 House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- little-screen-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Charlton Road, Holcombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 672 505
- Coordinates
- 51.25352, -2.47066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house that was originally built as a rectory in the early 19th century. It features a rendered exterior with painted alternating stone quoins and a hipped slate roof. The building has ashlar end stacks with moulded caps and presents a symmetrical front. It is two storeys high with three bays, each fitted with 16-pane sash windows and 20th-century louvred shutters. The central door opening has a moulded architrave and a fanlight with glazing bars, leading to a 20th-century six-panelled door. Above the door is a re-used semi-circular stone hood supported by ornamental stone brackets. The returns and rear of the building are designed in a similar style, and there are minor interior features from the same period. The Old Rectory is marked on the Ordnance Survey map as Holcombe House.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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