Old Rectory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. A Early to mid C18 Rectory, house. 2 related planning applications.
Old Rectory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Rectory, house
- Address
- Old Rectory Farmhouse, Back Lane, Kington Magna, SP8 5EZ
- OS grid reference
- ST 761 229
- Coordinates
- 51.00541, -2.34143
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Rectory Farmhouse is a rectory that has been converted into a house, dating from the early to mid 18th century. The building is constructed of colourwashed stucco and features a hipped roof with a central brick chimney. The east facade is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-window arrangement, with twelve-pane sash windows. There is a flat porch supported by columns, leading to a panelled door that includes a fanlight. Some of the windows have been enlarged and refenestrated. On the north facade, there is a round-headed window that lights the stairwell.
Local climate
Old Rectory Farmhouse 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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