The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. House. 11 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- roaming-gargoyle-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Fifehead Magdalen, SP8 5RT
- OS grid reference
- ST 780 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99278, -2.3142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house with origins in the 17th century, although it underwent significant alterations and extensions in the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble walls, with a rendered front, and has a gable-ended thatched roof punctuated by end brick stacks. The house features plain quoins and a first-floor string course. The main facade is arranged with six bays. The upper floor has two-light stone windows with architraves. The ground floor windows are varied, some featuring glazing bars and others leaded lights. The rear wing also contains some leaded-light windows. Internal features documented by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments include chamfered and stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
The Old Rectory 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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