The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Rectory.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- watchful-postern-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Anderson
- OS grid reference
- SY 880 973
- Coordinates
- 50.77571, -2.17029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a detached house that was formerly a rectory, built in the early to mid 19th century. It features brick walls topped with a dentil cornice at the eaves and has a slate roof with gables that have moulded stone copings. The house has brick end stacks, each with two diagonally set shafts and oversailing caps. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall. An added glazed conservatory includes a door with bordered glazing, and within the conservatory is a flush panelled door with a plain fanlight. On the ground floor, there are two inserted canted bay windows with sash windows. The first floor has three casement windows with bordered glazing, which are set under gauged brick arches. Similar windows can be found in the return wall of the rear wing.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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