The Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1974. House.
The Old Parsonage
- WRENN ID
- empty-chancel-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Parsonage, Church Lane, Coombe Keynes
- OS grid reference
- SY 842 841
- Coordinates
- 50.65656, -2.22396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Parsonage, formerly known as the Old Rectory, is a house dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with a westward extension added in the 19th century. The walls are constructed from a combination of plastered cob and brick. The main roof is thatched and features a parapet on the east gable, while the later extensions have a slated roof. There are brick chimney stacks present. The building has a mix of one and two storeys, with attics.
On the elevation facing the churchyard, the ground floor includes four casement windows with a central glazing bar. The first floor features two double-hung sash windows, also with glazing bars. A modern conservatory is attached to the east gable wall. On the main north elevation, the original section has a part-glazed door set within a trellised porch that has a concave roof. The ground floor here also includes two 19th-century canted bay windows with double-hung sashes. The attic contains three half-dormers, each fitted with sash windows that have glazing bars.
The western extension, made of brick and topped with a slate roof, includes an open verandah with a concave roof, a part-glazed door, and a ledged door. The windows in this section also have glazing bars, and part of the wall is boarded. Additionally, there is a single-storey lean-to on the west side, which has a tiled roof.
Local climate
The Old Parsonage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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