Dunn's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. Farmhouse.
Dunn's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-thatch-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dunn's Farmhouse, Holnest
- OS grid reference
- ST 656 096
- Coordinates
- 50.88566, -2.48957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dunn's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or earlier. The left part of the building is constructed of coursed rubble, while the right part is made of brick. It features a stone slated roof with a gabled wing on the left and a half-hipped roof on the right, forming a T-plan. The farmhouse is one and a half storeys high and has a main block with four window ranges. The stone mullioned windows have ashlar dressings; the ground floor windows are three-light, while the upper floor windows are two-light. The ground floor windows also have returned labels. The projecting left wing includes a canted stone mullioned bay with a stone slate roof. The door at the intersection of the two ranges appears to be 20th century and is glazed. There are possibly terracotta stacks located centrally between the two dormers, and a brick stack on the left gable. Above the bay, there is a gable that bears a panel with the inscription 'W G 1610'. The interior is said to contain chamfered ceiling beams and oak panelling.
Local climate
Dunn's Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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