The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Rectory. 4 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- young-string-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury, SP7 8ER
- OS grid reference
- ST 867 227
- Coordinates
- 51.0041, -2.19086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is an early to mid-18th century building. It is two storeys high and originally had four windows. The steep slate roof has a gable at the right-hand side with coping, and a hip at the left-hand side. The front is constructed of rough ashlar. The windows are three panes wide within stone reveals, with stone architraves and keystones. A former doorway in the left-hand end bay on the ground floor has been converted into a window, featuring a rusticated architrave with a triple keystone and a triangular pediment above.
To the left-hand end is a wing with a three-storey gable facing the road, containing one bay. This wing is constructed of stone rubble with coping to the gable. An upper window is four panes wide, while the lower windows are smaller. A platband runs at the level of the first floor sill. A doorway with a keystone is located on the right-hand side of the ground floor.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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