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

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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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