Trapdoor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Trapdoor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-hinge-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Trapdoor Farmhouse, East Orchard, SP7 0LG
- OS grid reference
- ST 833 177
- Coordinates
- 50.95894, -2.23849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century farmhouse. It is constructed with a brick facade over rubble side walls, and has an interlocking tile roof with brick stacks at each end. The farmhouse is symmetrical in design, with three bays over two storeys. It features sash windows with glazing bars. The front doorway is round-headed and has a part-glazed door with a radiating fanlight above.
Local climate
Trapdoor 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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