Merritown Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. Farm house.

Merritown Farm House

WRENN ID
turning-frieze-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Type
Farm house
Address
Merritown Farm House, Parley Lane, Hurn
OS grid reference
SZ 110 972
Coordinates
50.77454, -1.84502
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merritown Farm House is an 18th-century building located on the south side of Parley Lane in Hurn. It is constructed of rubble and features a plain parapet and rusticated quoins. The roof is slate, and there are brick stacks. The house has three storeys and a basement, with a plain string course between the second and third storeys. Some of the windows are sashes and have projecting keystones. The doorway is notable for its rusticated jambs and entablature. Merritown Farm House and its barn are part of a group.

Local climate

Merritown Farm House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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