Digby Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1973. Farmhouse.
Digby Estate
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-brick-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Digby Estate, 275 and 276, Oborne Road, Sherborne
- OS grid reference
- ST 647 170
- Coordinates
- 50.95189, -2.50384
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Digby Estate, located on Oborne Road, is a late 17th century or early 18th century L-shaped stone farmhouse that has undergone exterior alterations. It features a continuous range along Oborne Road with an outhouse to the south-west. The original stone slate roof has been replaced with a modern plain tile roof. The entrance front faces the railway, with the south-east wing showcasing five 2-light wood casements with small panes above and two large k-light wood casements with small panes below. There is a six-flush panelled door at the right end. The south-west wing consists of one bay over two storeys and an attic, featuring a modern casement dormer and two 2-light wood casements, one on the first floor and another on the ground floor. The property is part of a group that includes Beech Cottage, the garden gate, the boundary wall to Beech Cottage, Castle Farmhouse, and other structures, creating a cohesive architectural context along Oborne Road.
Local climate
Digby Estate receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Outbuilding at North End of Wall of Digby Estate No 10
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