Higher Monkwood Farm, Pig-Sty 5 Metres South of Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. Pig-sty.
Higher Monkwood Farm, Pig-Sty 5 Metres South of Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- western-gable-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- Pig-sty
- OS grid reference
- SY 428 986
- Coordinates
- 50.78477, -2.81165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Monkwood Farm Pig-Sty, located 5 metres south of the farmhouse, dates from the 18th century. It features coursed stone walls and a thatched roof with hipped ends. The east wall has two run-outs, and there is a small door in the south-east corner. The north wall contains a main plank door with strap hinges, and the pig-sty has wooden door frames. Inside, the structure has a collar-beam roof construction with two principal rafters and one set of butted-through purlins. The thatch is laid with light spars and there are no common rafters.
Local climate
Higher Monkwood Farm, Pig-Sty 5 Metres South of Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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