The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- odd-spire-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Peak Lane, Compton Dundon, TA11 6PE
- OS grid reference
- ST 480 323
- Coordinates
- 51.08803, -2.74372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a cottage dating from the early 19th century, possibly incorporating elements from an earlier building. It is constructed of local lias stone that is cut and squared, topped with a plain clay tile roof featuring coped gables and stone end chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays. It features small-pane timber windows with timber lintels, and a six-panel door located in the second bay, which is set beneath a timber porch hood supported by two plain posts. There is also a two-storey, two-bay extension on the east gable that is set lower than the main structure. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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