Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Manor house. 4 related planning applications.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- salt-newel-lake
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Manor house
- Address
- Manor House, Hammoon, DT10 2DB
- OS grid reference
- ST 817 146
- Coordinates
- 50.93066, -2.26125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a manor house, dating to the 16th century, with a 17th-century wing and 19th-century alterations. The construction incorporates ashlar, rubble, and timber framing, with some parts rendered. The roof is thatched and features brick stacks with moulded caps in various locations. The house is complex, displaying early Renaissance details.
The main facade is of two storeys and has a six-window range. A two-story canted bay is located on the right, displaying five-light stone mullioned windows, each light with a four-centred head. A weathered string course runs between the floors, and a polygonal angle shaft is present on the right. To the left of the porch, there are 19th-century two- and three-light timber mullioned windows. The upper floor has two- and three-light casements with leaded lights. The porch is situated in the second bay from the right and is of two storeys, with an ornamental gable featuring moulded copings, embellished at the sides with double scrolls topped with small obelisks. A round-headed arch with a scrolled keystone is flanked by rusticated Tuscan columns supporting an entablature; the spandrels bear decorative wreaths. The upper floor of the porch has a three-light, square-headed stone mullioned window, each light with a four-centred head. The inner doorway has a four-centred head, and a heavy plank door is fitted with wrought-iron strap hinges. Other facades feature a variety of stone and timber mullioned windows and doorways, also with four-centred heads.
Internal features include a much-restored 17th-century staircase with square newel posts, ball finials, and vase-shaped balusters; fireplaces with moulded heads; chamfered ceiling beams; 17th- and 18th-century panelling; a wind-braced collar-truss roof; and a 16th-century painted ceiling.
Local climate
Manor House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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