Mappowder Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Country house. 3 related planning applications.
Mappowder Court
- WRENN ID
- shifting-attic-hyssop
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Mappowder Court, DT10 2EN
- OS grid reference
- ST 738 057
- Coordinates
- 50.85112, -2.37226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mappowder Court is a country house dating from the mid-18th century, although it incorporates parts of a 17th-century structure. The building features coursed, squared rubble, some of which is rendered, with squared rubble dressings. It has stone slated roofs with gable ends and stone copings, and an L-shaped plan.
The east facade is symmetrical, with two storeys and three bays. The windows appear to be of 17th-century origin, with the ground floor featuring two five-light stone mullioned and transomed windows that have square heads and hollow chamfers. There is a central ashlar porch with an open pediment and pilasters, leading to a round-headed recessed doorway with a fanlight. The upper floor contains three four-light square-headed mullioned windows, also with hollow chamfers. The building has a moulded plinth, and other facades include several square-headed stone mullion windows with labels. Notably, the west gable features an 18th-century lunette window.
Inside, there are several fireplaces with four-centred heads and an 18th-century staircase that has close strings, square balusters, moulded oak handrails, and turned newel posts.
Local climate
Mappowder Court receives an average of 830 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 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- 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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