Lower Silkhay Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1977. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Lower Silkhay Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crooked-rotunda-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 June 1977
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Silkhay Farmhouse, Netherbury, DT6 5NG
OS grid reference
SY 460 985
Coordinates
50.7837, -2.76625
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Silkhay Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century. The building features rubble-stone walls and a thatched roof, which has stone gable-coping on the right side and a catslide extension over the front door. There are three brick chimney stacks located at the center ridge, on the right gable, and at the right front eaves. The left end of the farmhouse projects forward, constructed in brick on a rubble-stone base. The main windows, described as being on the rear elevation, include four 3-light wooden casements with lead lights, and there are two flush panel doors positioned to the left and right of the central entrance, which is a plank door framed in wood. The rear elevation is rendered and the farmhouse stands two storeys tall.

Local climate

Lower Silkhay 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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