Pentridge House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

Pentridge House

WRENN ID
late-grate-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1986
Type
House
Address
Pentridge House, Pentridge Village, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, SP5 5QX
OS grid reference
SU 034 177
Coordinates
50.95911, -1.95213
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pentridge House is a rectory, now a private house, dating from the early 19th century. The building is rendered and whitewashed, featuring tiled roofs and end brick stacks. It consists of two parallel ranges and is symmetrical, with two storeys and attics, and three bays. The windows are 12-pane sashes, and the ground floor includes two canted bays. The central entrance has a part-glazed door framed by a moulded, lugged architrave and a flat hood supported by brackets.

Inside, some rooms retain original joinery, including a round-headed niche with shaped shelves. The staircase features vase-and-column balusters, Tuscan newel-posts, and scroll spandrels.

It is reputed that Thomas Hardy, the poet and novelist, lived in the house at one time.

Local climate

Pentridge House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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