Higher Chilfrome Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Higher Chilfrome Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- silent-banister-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Chilfrome Farmhouse, Higher Drove, DT2 0GA
- OS grid reference
- SY 581 993
- Coordinates
- 50.79207, -2.59531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Chilfrome Farmhouse is a mid-19th century farmhouse featuring stone walls and quoins, all rendered. It has slate roofs with stone gable copings and stone slabs at the eaves, along with brick stacks at each gable. The building is two storeys high and has three windows, which are 2-light casements with flat stone mullions and architraves, and stone cills. The casements are made of cast iron and include glazing bars. The front door is centrally located, made of planks from the 19th century, and is sheltered by a porch with rendered sides and a slate pentice roof. At the rear, there is a continuous outshut with stone gable copings that extend downwards.
Local climate
Higher Chilfrome Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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