The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. Private house. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Rectory

WRENN ID
swift-pilaster-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1951
Type
Private house
Address
The Old Rectory, Purse Caundle, DT9 5DY
OS grid reference
ST 695 176
Coordinates
50.95732, -2.43487
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Rectory is a former rectory, now a private house, dating to the 17th century, with alterations and a new roof in the 19th century. It is constructed of rubble-stone walls and has clay-tile roofs with gable ends, and a front gable on the projecting wing. The stacks are rendered, with cornices on the gable ends and at the ridge centre. The house is two storeys high and has six windows in total, with an irregular arrangement of 2- and 3-light iron casements, some with lead lights. Some of the original iron casements have been replaced with 20th-century plastic casements featuring integral glazing bars. The windows have wooden cills and lintels, with some concrete cills. A front doorway, located on the right-hand side of the projecting wing, features a 20th-century fielded-panel door.

Local climate

The Old Rectory 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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