Higher Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1953. A C17 Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Higher Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-bonework-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Farmhouse, Seaborough, DT8 3QY
- OS grid reference
- ST 428 061
- Coordinates
- 50.85208, -2.813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Seaborough village. It is constructed of ashlar and rubble-stone walls with a thatched roof, hipped on the left and featuring stone gable-coping on the right. Two brick stacks rise from the right-hand gable and central-right position. The farmhouse has two storeys and originally contained four windows with three- and four-light stone mullions; these now hold 20th-century metal casements with lead lights, each with a separate label above the ground floor. The front door, positioned to the left of centre, is a plank door with thin muntins, dating to the 20th century. Inside, a reset fireplace features a four-centred head and bears the initials “IB, PB” and the date 1628.
Local climate
Higher Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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