Fairfields is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1971. House.
Fairfields
- WRENN ID
- fossil-loft-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fairfields, Long Street, Sherborne
- OS grid reference
- ST 643 167
- Coordinates
- 50.94898, -2.5085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairfields is a two-storey building dating from 1625, located on the southeast side of Long Street. The front is made of stone rubble and features three windows with altered sash windows. It has a new plain tile roof. The central doorway is framed by a wooden doorcase that includes a reeded frieze and a small pediment. To the right of the building, there is a yard entry that leads to a wing at the rear, which formerly included Ivy Cottages. Fairfields is part of a group that includes Digby Estate Nos 271 to 274 (consecutive), Wyekham Cottage, Fernleigh, The Shell, Mistletoe Cottage, The Malt House, Eastfields, Tyndall, Linden, The Cottage, and Corner House.
Local climate
Fairfields receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
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