Old Came Rectory

Old Came Rectory, photographed by Sarah Smith in 1966

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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