The Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Parsonage

WRENN ID
solitary-steel-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1975
Type
House
Address
The Old Parsonage, West Mills Road, Dorchester, DT1 1SP
OS grid reference
SY 687 909
Coordinates
50.71704, -2.44362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Parsonage is a late 18th-century building, with additions dating to around 1900. It is constructed of chequer brick, with a more modern brick facade. The roof is slate, with a double mansard and coped gable parapets. The building is two storeys high with attics. It features two ranges of sash windows with glazing bars. There is a late 19th-century canted two-storey bay window, a late 19th-century porch, and a late 19th-century two-storey extension to the south.

Local climate

The Old Parsonage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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  • Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
  • 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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