Silage Towers South East Corner of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 April 1987. Silage towers.
Silage Towers South East Corner of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former Dairy
- WRENN ID
- standing-plinth-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 April 1987
- Type
- Silage towers
- Address
- Silage Towers South East Corner of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former Dairy, Briantspuddle, Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle
- OS grid reference
- SY 819 930
- Coordinates
- 50.7371, -2.25699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The silage towers, located at the south east corner of the dairy farm buildings behind the former dairy, were built in 1917 by MacDonald Gill in association with Halsey Ricardo for Sir Ernest Debenham's model dairy farm. These are a pair of linked silage towers made of reinforced concrete, tile, and brick. Each tower is circular and of equal height, consisting of six concrete drums alternating with narrow tile course bands. The tallest base drum of each tower has an offset plinth, with three drums above of equal height and two shallow drums at the top. Each tower features a brick-on-edge cornice that progressively changes from circular to octagonal in five courses, supporting a pyramidal timber roof topped with a metal apex vent and a ball knop. A semi-circular arch connects the towers through a linking passage, which springs from the lowest tile course band. The wall of the passage has a circular opening, and the brick cornice of the passage wall aligns with the tower cornices. The roofs of the towers have been removed. The silage towers are listed for their group value with the dairy farm buildings.
Local climate
Silage Towers South East Corner of Dairy Farm Buildings at Rear of Former Dairy receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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