River Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.
River Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-screen-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East MP: Tom Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- River Farmhouse, Throop Road, Throop and Holdenhurst, BH8 0DH
- OS grid reference
- SZ 111 957
- Coordinates
- 50.76133, -1.84309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
River Farmhouse is a symmetrical, painted brick building dating from around 1840. It stands two storeys high and is three windows wide, with segment-headed windows on both floors. The central entrance features a timber porch with a trellised gable. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, with overhanging eaves. On either side of the farmhouse, there are single-storey hipped lean-to wings that are symmetrical. Two tall chimneys are positioned on either side of the central ridge. River Farmhouse, along with the stables and barn, forms a group.
Local climate
River Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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