Blandfords Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House.

Blandfords Farm House

WRENN ID
lunar-quartz-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1960
Type
House
Address
Blandfords Farm House, West Street, Fontmell Magna
OS grid reference
ST 864 168
Coordinates
50.95103, -2.19402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blandfords Farm House is a 17th-century house located on the south side of West Street in Fontmell Magna. The building is constructed of coursed, squared rubble and features a chamfered plinth. It has a tiled roof with end brick stacks and presents a symmetrical front with three bays over two storeys. The windows are 19th-century wooden casements, featuring two and three lights with glazing bars. The outer ground floor bays are adorned with 19th-century moulded wooden returned labels above them. The entrance is located on the side of the house.

Inside, the west room showcases a four-panel ceiling supported by deeply chamfered, intersecting beams.

Local climate

Blandfords Farm House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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