Middle Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Middle Farm House

WRENN ID
eternal-ashlar-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 October 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Middle Farm House, Winterborne Zelston, DT11 9EU
OS grid reference
SY 897 976
Coordinates
50.77865, -2.14619
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Middle Farm House is a detached farmhouse dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It features plastered cob walls set on a brick plinth, topped with a thatched roof and brick end stacks. The building has two storeys and includes a lean-to addition on the left made of brick with a slate roof, which has a stable door. The main house has a stable door located in a slightly recessed arched porch. On the ground floor, there are four casement windows with glazing bars, while the first floor has four slightly dormered casement windows with timber glazing bars for the opening lights, and remnants of lead lights in the fixed lights.

Local climate

Middle Farm House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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