The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Rectory. 3 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
tilted-obsidian-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Rectory
Address
The Old Rectory, Burleston and Tolpuddle, DT2 7EG
OS grid reference
SY 776 942
Coordinates
50.74768, -2.31792
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory that has been converted into a private house. The building features an early 18th-century north wing and a later 18th-century main south range, which are positioned at right angles to each other. The north range has rendered walls, a slate roof, and a tall 18th-century brick stack that has been rebuilt. It is two storeys high with an attic and has three windows with wood casements that include glazing bars. There is a 20th-century metal French window towards the north end and a 19th-century plank door on the north end wall.

The south range has rendered brick walls and a plat band, with a brick eaves-cornice and a hipped clay tile roof. There is no stack on the south ridge, but there is a stack on the rear wall at the eaves. This range is also two storeys high with attics and features three sash windows with glazing bars, wood frames, and stone cills. The attic includes a three-light wood casement with glazing bars. The front door is centrally located and is a flush-panelled design with three upper lights, flanked by 18th-century Gothic clustered side-pilasters and an entablature with cusped arcading.

Inside, the north range at the north end contains an open fireplace with brick jambs and a chamfered wood lintel, along with a bread oven on the right side. In the south range, the front staircase features latticed banisters and a moulded handrail.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% 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 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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