Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. A C16 House. 3 related planning applications.

Old Rectory

WRENN ID
veiled-copper-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
House
Address
Old Rectory, St John's Hill, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HG
OS grid reference
ST 857 224
Coordinates
51.00126, -2.20399
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is an 18th-century and early 19th-century house, likely incorporating a core from the 16th century. It is an L-shaped stone building situated within a garden setting. The east-west wing is constructed of ashlar masonry with gable ends, two storeys in height, and featuring three windows. A stringcourse runs along this wing. It has a red plain tile roof with chimney stacks at the ends. The upper-floor windows are sash windows with intact glazing bars, while the lower-floor windows have keystones. The north-south wing is built of stone rubble with half-nipped gables and contains sash windows.

Local climate

Old Rectory receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% 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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  • 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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