Lower Synderford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Farmhouse.

Lower Synderford Farmhouse

WRENN ID
peeling-brass-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Synderford Farmhouse, Thorncombe
OS grid reference
ST 384 037
Coordinates
50.82996, -2.87483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Synderford Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse featuring rubble walls with Hamstone gable copings. The building has 20th-century Roman tile roofs and brick stacks, and is laid out in an L-plan over two storeys. The facade includes a range of three windows and two windows in the re-entrant, with casements, some of which have iron frames, a semi-circular tension-bar, and spiral stops from the 17th century. Some windows also have leaded panes. The door, located in the angle, has two leaves and is made of planks with vertical mouldings and a 4-centred head, dating from the 20th century. Inside, there is a ceiling beam with deep chamfers that are filleted and stopped. The fireplace lintel, which is similar in style, has been incorporated into a window bay. There is also a bread oven with an iron door inscribed 'Wightman and Dening Chard' and plank doors throughout the interior.

Local climate

Lower Synderford Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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