Wall adjoining Rectory Cottage to the north is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Garden wall.

Wall adjoining Rectory Cottage to the north

WRENN ID
late-corridor-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1983
Type
Garden wall
Address
Wall adjoining Rectory Cottage to the north, DT11 0RQ
OS grid reference
ST 805 108
Coordinates
50.89701, -2.27724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a garden wall dating from the early to mid 19th century, located to the north of Rectory Cottage in Okeford Fitzpaine. The wall is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and varies in height, featuring a rounded end at the south. It has a chamfered plinth, with part of the wall topped by shaped coping and another section having coping made of bricks laid on edge. There is a 20th-century opening approximately in the center, and to the left, there is a brick pointed arch gateway.

Local climate

Wall adjoining Rectory Cottage to the north receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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