The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1974. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1974
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Orchard Portman
OS grid reference
ST 244 216
Coordinates
50.98912, -3.07762
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a dwelling. It likely dates from the 17th century but underwent extensive alterations and enlargements in the late 19th century. The building is roughcast over rubble and features a gable front with a gully between the gables, coped verges, and slate roofs. There are brick stacks located at the center of the ridges and at the rear left. The plan consists of a parallel range with a gabled front. It is two storeys high with a layout of 1:2 bays. The windows are 2 and 3-light Tudor arch head hollow chamfered Ham stone mullioned windows, which are set under hoodmoulds and fitted with plate glass. To the right of the center, there is a 19th-century gabled timber porch that has overhanging eaves, side lights, and diagonally boarded double doors. The right return has two bays, while the left return has three bays. The interior was not seen during the inspection. A view from 1707 shows only the left range of the building.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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