The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. House.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
other-tin-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1983
Type
House
Address
The Old Rectory, Bettiscombe
OS grid reference
SY 399 999
Coordinates
50.7963, -2.85345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house that was formerly a rectory, built in the mid-18th century. It features brick walls that are rendered and has slate roofs with gable ends and stone gable copings. There are brick stacks at the gable ends, and the building has an L-shaped plan.

The south front of the house has two storeys and three windows, which are vertical sashes with thin glazing bars. On the left side of the ground floor, there is a canted bay window, while on the right side, there is a segmental window head with a three-light sash. The west gable wall is slate-hung and includes a stone bay window with a pediment. A 20th-century front door is located in the re-entrant angle on the north side.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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