The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Rectory.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
dreaming-attic-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1985
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Bradford Peverell
OS grid reference
SY 659 930
Coordinates
50.73617, -2.48404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a rectory located in Bradford Peverell Village, now serving as a private house. It was built in the early 19th century, with a mid-19th century top storey and a rear wing that houses the kitchen range. The building features rubble stone walls that are stuccoed and painted on the front (south) elevation. There are plat bands above the ground floor and first floor windows. The slate roofs have parallel ridges and gable ends. A large projecting stack is present on the west front gable, with a rendered stack extending over three storeys. The front facade has three sash windows with glazing bars, and the top floor windows have segmental heads. A 20th-century ironwork verandah runs along the south front, topped with a glazed-in pentice roof. The entrance on the west wall features a six-panel door, also from the 20th century, with panelled reveals and a fanlight above. Inside, a thick central wall runs longitudinally, indicating that the house was extended to its current double-depth and completely refashioned in the 19th century.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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