Bookham Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Farmhouse.
Bookham Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-clay-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bookham Farmhouse, Bookham Lane, Buckland Newton
- OS grid reference
- ST 706 041
- Coordinates
- 50.83642, -2.41809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bookham Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Buckland Newton. The central section is constructed of brick in English bond, while the end sections are made of rubble. It features a thatched roof with gable ends, which include stone stacks at both ends and a stack partway along the ridge. The building has two storeys and a window range of five to six. The windows are two and three-light casements with glazing bars. There is a 19th-century porch and a 20th-century front outshut on the left side. Inside, the farmhouse has deep chamfered beams with run-out stops and an open fireplace in the south end wall.
Local climate
Bookham 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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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