Baker's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Farmhouse.

Baker's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quartered-loft-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Baker's Farmhouse, Compton Abbas
OS grid reference
ST 853 187
Coordinates
50.96792, -2.20968
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Baker's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble and features a gable-ended roof that is slated, with brick stacks located at both ends and partway along the left ridge. The building has a string course and is two storeys high, with a range of four windows.

Local climate

Baker's 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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