The Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- second-quoin-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, Holwell, DT9 5LB
- OS grid reference
- ST 699 119
- Coordinates
- 50.90585, -2.42913
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is an early 18th-century building with rendered walls and rusticated quoins. It has a hipped, tiled roof featuring stone slate verges and brick stacks along the ridge. The eaves are adorned with moulded plaster coves. The north facade consists of five bays with sash windows that include glazing bars. There is a part-glazed door topped with a pedimental hood. The south facade has three bays, with the central bay recessed. Inside, notable features include carved wooden chimney pieces and overmantels, along with other high-quality mid-18th-century joinery.
Local climate
The Rectory receives an average of 830 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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