The Old Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Dairy.

The Old Dairy

WRENN ID
sombre-gutter-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
Dairy
Address
The Old Dairy, Studland
OS grid reference
SZ 028 876
Coordinates
50.68809, -1.96063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Dairy is a former dairy building from the mid-19th century, located on Brownsea Island. It is a single-storey structure built in the Gothic Revival style, featuring brick walls and a slate roof. The building has a central timber porch that includes trellised panelling and a gabled roof adorned with ornamental bargeboard. There are two three-light windows with traceried heads. The Old Dairy is a property of the National Trust.

Local climate

The Old Dairy receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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