Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 July 2002. Rectory. 1 related planning application.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 July 2002
Type
Rectory
Address
Old Rectory, Llangynhafal, LL16 4LN
OS grid reference
SJ 131 634
Coordinates
53.16109, -3.30105
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a symmetrical former rectory situated with its back against rising ground and surrounded by a garden. The house features three storeys and three windows, constructed from brickwork with a slate roof and brick end chimneys. The brickwork is laid in English Garden Wall bond, and the roof has a low pitch with generous eaves and verge overhangs. The rear of the house is rendered.

The original front elevation has windows with stone sills and cambered brick heads. The sash windows consist of 12 panes on the ground storey, 9 panes on the first storey, and 6 panes on the second storey, all in exposed frames. The middle window on the first storey has been modified to include a transom above casements, possibly for access to the flat roof of a later porch. The front porch, which includes an extension of the left reception room, features a semi-glazed panel door with a simple early 19th-century casing, and a window to the left with two mullions, along with a 12-pane sash window and narrow sash-type side lights.

The rear elevation is rendered and displays irregular fenestration, including small-pane windows on the second storey. The upper sash window on the right end elevation features margin glazing.

A long two-storey rear wing made of stone includes a tall brick central chimney and a modern rear porch at the upper storey in the gable end. The rear side has irregular fenestration and lean-to annexes facing the rear yard, along with irregular fenestration on the garden side that includes some sash windows.

There is a modern sunroom on the side of the house, characterized by a glazed roof and front wall, with brick gable ends.

From the left and right front corners of the house, tall brick freestanding walls incorporating a gateway mark the beginning of the walling for the walled garden, which appears to be contemporary with the house.

The interior features a symmetrical layout with a central hall and rear stairs, as well as boxed window shutters.

Local climate

Old Rectory receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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