City Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

City Farmhouse

WRENN ID
strange-loggia-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Farmhouse
Address
City Farmhouse, East Street, Sydling St. Nicholas, DT2 9NX
OS grid reference
SY 632 993
Coordinates
50.79293, -2.52238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

City Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the mid-17th century, with later alterations. It is set back from and at right angles to the street, featuring walls made of flint, chalk-block, and Ham stone. The roof is thatched, hipped at the south end and gabled at the north end, with brick stacks located on the ridge towards both ends, likely serving the central room and the kitchen. The building has a three-unit plan, with an additional service or dairy area at the north end.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a total of six windows, which include two- and three-light iron casements with lead lights. There are two doors: one at the left end with brick jambs and a plank-and-muntin door from the 20th century, and another to the right of centre, possibly leading to a cross-passage, featuring stone jambs, a plank-and-muntin door, and a wood lintel, also from the 20th century. The north gable end has a two-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window with a separate label above, as well as a one-light stone-framed window in the gable.

Attached to the south end is a rubble-stone stable from the 19th century, which has a slate roof and fixed windows with glazing bars. The stable features a central plank door and a loft door above it. Inside the farmhouse, there are chamfered ceiling beams.

Local climate

City Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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