The Old Rectory, Garden Wall and Archway is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. House, garden wall. 6 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory, Garden Wall and Archway

WRENN ID
winding-stronghold-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1983
Type
House, garden wall
Address
The Old Rectory, Garden Wall and Archway, High Street, Stalbridge, DT10 2LL
OS grid reference
ST 735 180
Coordinates
50.96097, -2.37863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a house dated 1699, featuring squared, coursed rubble walls with ashlar quoins and a slate roof. It was originally designed with a symmetrical double-pile plan that includes two parallel roof ranges. The building stands two storeys tall with an attic and has a five-bay main range. The windows are 19th-century sash windows without glazing bars, and there is a central door with a 19th-century porch. A heavy cornice with modillions adorns the top, and there are stone end stacks. A plat band runs between the ground and first floor, and there is a two-bay service wing along with later additions to the left. Inside, the staircase is noted as an important feature. The garden wall includes an arch over the front gate, which supports a flat hood with dentils on scrolled brackets, possibly originally intended for over the front door.

Local climate

The Old Rectory, Garden Wall and Archway receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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