Lower Bowridge Hill Farmhouse (That at St 81272823) is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Lower Bowridge Hill Farmhouse (That at St 81272823)
- WRENN ID
- waning-latch-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Bowridge Hill Farmhouse (That at St 81272823), Gillingham, SP8 5QS
- OS grid reference
- ST 812 282
- Coordinates
- 51.0531, -2.26859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Gillingham. It is constructed with coursed rubble walls and has a tiled roof, with brick stacks at each end. The farmhouse has two storeys and a two-window front. The windows are stone-mullioned, with chamfered surrounds; the ground-floor windows have four lights, and those on the upper floor have three. A gabled porch was added in the 19th century.
Local climate
Lower Bowridge Hill Farmhouse (That at St 81272823) receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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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