The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
fossil-timber-swallow
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, Main Road, Langton Herring, DT3 4HS
OS grid reference
SY 613 825
Coordinates
50.64122, -2.54799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory located in a garden, dating from the early 19th century. It features rubble-stone walls that are stuccoed and has a pyramid slate roof with two rendered stacks positioned in the middle of the front pitch. The building is two storeys tall with attics and consists of three bays, plus one service bay on the left side. The windows are sashes with thin glazing bars made of crown glass, set on stone cills, and there are two blind windows on the right side.

At the center of the north wall, there is a square porch that is single storey, supported by Roman Doric pilasters, and has a plain entablature and cornice. A sash window with an architrave is located in the north wall of the porch. The front door, situated on the east face of the porch, is made of wood with six recessed panels and dates from the 19th century. The south front of the house features a round-headed doorway at the center, which includes a fanlight and cast-iron glazing bars, along with a ribbed six-panel door from 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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