Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
south-step-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Church Farmhouse, Hilfield, DT2 7BA
OS grid reference
ST 634 050
Coordinates
50.84371, -2.52083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse featuring squared rubble walls that were originally stuccoed. It has a slate gable-ended roof with rendered stacks at each end and stone copings. The building stands two storeys high and has a four-window range. The windows are 20th-century casements with two and three lights, lacking glazing bars. Notable architectural details include ashlar rusticated quoins and an ashlar projecting porch adorned with pilasters and an entablature. At the rear, there is a tiled wing with brick stacks.

Local climate

Church Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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