Old Came Rectory
Old Came Rectory is a former rectory on the A352 road in Winterborne Came, Dorset, England. It was built in the 19th century for the Reverend William England in a rustic cottage orné style from a plan by the architect John Nash.[1] It is a two-storey building with a thatched roof and walls of cob and rendered rubble.[2][3] It was subsequently the home of William Barnes, who became the rector in 1862 and lived there until he died in 1886.[4] Thomas Hardy visited him there many times, and other literary tenants and guests have included Tennyson, Coventry Patmore, Edmund Gosse, Francis Palgrave, Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden and T. E. Lawrence.[5][6]
The building was listed for protection as Grade II in 1956.[7] Features include three thatched verandas, french windows and a large garden which contains an orchard and well.[4]
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- ^ Sedley Proctor (2016), Old Came Rectory, Leopard, ISBN 9780957455061
- ^ The Oxford Guide to Literary Britain & Ireland, Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 12, ISBN 9780198614609
- ^ "Winterborne Came", An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, vol. 2, South east, London, pp. 382–387, 1970
- ^ a b Michael Billett (1984), Thatched Buildings of Dorset, R. Hale, pp. 100–101
- ^ Toby Keel (11 July 2017), "A sprawling Dorset cottage for sale where Thomas Hardy met his inspirational mentor", Country Life
- ^ Life of William Barnes, William Barnes Society, 2018
- ^ Historic England, "Old Came Rectory (1154279)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 September 2018
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