East Melbury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
East Melbury Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- errant-spire-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- East Melbury Farmhouse, White Pit Lane, Melbury Abbas, SP7 0DS
- OS grid reference
- ST 888 203
- Coordinates
- 50.98272, -2.16055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The farmhouse dates from the 17th century, with alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of coursed rubble and ashlar with ashlar dressings, and has a tiled, gable-ended roof with ashlar stacks at each end. The building is symmetrical, with three bays, the central one gabled. It has two storeys and attics. The ground floor has stone-mullioned windows with four lights, although these are replacements. Above are windows with three lights. A moulded label sits over the ground-floor windows. The first floor window in the centre is of Venetian style, and above it is a round-headed window with keystones. The central doorway has a stone hood supported on shaped stone brackets. A one-bay extension was added to the south in the 19th century.
Local climate
East Melbury 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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