The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1953. Residential building.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
slow-lime-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1953
Type
Residential building
Address
The Old Rectory, Church Road, Pimperne
OS grid reference
ST 904 093
Coordinates
50.88369, -2.13723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a detached rectory, now a private dwelling, dating from 1712 with 19th-century alterations and incorporating reused 16th-century stonework. The building features banded brick and flint with a tiled roof and end brick stacks. It has two storeys and attics, arranged in a five-window range. The windows are two-part sashes, each with five lights, and are topped with flat brick arches. The eaves cornice is plastered and coved.

On the central upper floor, there is a reset 16th-century window with three lights, featuring Perpendicular tracery under a square head with carved spandrels. The central ground floor has a restored 16th-century moulded stone doorway with a 4-centred head, above which is a damaged black-letter inscription in carved relief. Above the doorway is a reset niche with a canopied head and shafted jambs, supported by a bracket that bears a carved shield of arms. The door itself is panelled and part-glazed, and to the right are two French doors.

Internally, the rectory contains 19th-century plasterwork, joinery, and chimney pieces. The thickness of some internal walls suggests that it may incorporate elements of an earlier building.

Local climate

The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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