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]

Old Came Rectory, photographed by Sarah Smith in 1966

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]

See also

• Thomas Hardy's Cottage