The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 April 2004. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-roof-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Constituency
- Vale of Glamorgan MP: Kanishka Narayan (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 April 2004
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, City, Cowbridge, Penllyn, CF71 7RW
- OS grid reference
- SS 990 783
- Coordinates
- 51.4951, -3.45554
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a two-storey house built in the mid-19th century in a Tudor style, typical for rectories. Constructed from local limestone random rubble with some dressings and ashlar chimneys, it has an L-shaped plan with the main block facing south and the entrance located in the angle on the east front.
The south elevation features two bays, with a large gable on the left above the principal living room and bedroom, which has pierced bargeboards. The entrance front shows the gable end of the main section to the left, with an external stack topped by a triple flued chimney that has common weathering. The central bay contains the entrance, which has a 2-centred arch and an upper room that projects on brackets. There is a modern door and a single light window in a half-hipped gable. To the right, there is a 3-light mullion-and-transom window for the Rector's study, with a 2-light window above it in a gable, and all three gables feature pierced bargeboards. A gable stack is located to the right, along with a single bay extension to the right and a larger one on the west side. The interior details were not available during the resurvey.
Local climate
The Old Rectory sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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