Dairy House Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. A Renaissance Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Dairy House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- guardian-attic-indigo
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Renaissance
- Address
- Dairy House Farmhouse, Horton, ST13 8PJ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 937 583
- Coordinates
- 53.1224, -2.09534
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dairy House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1635 with 19th-century alterations. It is built of ashlar with a tile roof, featuring verge parapets with ball finials and side stacks. The building has a 'U'-plan that has been modified to a rectangular shape and consists of two storeys and an attic. It has floor strings with labels above the attic windows and is arranged in a 2:3:1 bay configuration under gables. The windows are a mix of 2-, 3-, and 4-light mullioned styles. The outer gables project, with the left-hand gable featuring two ranges of windows and a small oculus at the apex. The right-hand gable, which also projects, has 4-light windows and displays the initials "IMB" for John and Mary Biddulph along with the date 1635. The apex of the three recessed dormer gables is inscribed with 'IHS' alongside a heart pierced by nails, and 'MAR' with a heart pierced by an arrow. The porch, which is aligned with the left wing, features an enriched oculus and a pilastered doorpiece with ball finials on the cornice, leading to a ledged door. A plain wall with a 2-light mullioned window separates the porch from the right-hand wing, marking the centre of the building on both the ground and first floors. The side elevations have two bays of 2-light mullioned windows. Inside, there is a flat baluster staircase with short flights located to the left of the porch.
Local climate
Dairy House Farmhouse receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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