Droop Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. A C16 House. 4 related planning applications.
Droop Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-remnant-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Droop Farmhouse, Hazelbury Bryan, DT10 2ED
- OS grid reference
- ST 753 081
- Coordinates
- 50.87189, -2.35125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Droop Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble walls and has a thatched roof with gable ends, as well as brick stacks at the ends. A later rear wing has a slated roof and a gable end. The house has two storeys and a four-window front. It features sash windows with glazing bars, flat stone arches over the windows, and a six-panel glazed door. A 19th-century addition extends to the rear. Inside, there is a 16th-century stone fireplace with a beam above, featuring carved ovolo and diamond motifs. The building retains cruck construction. The farmhouse is documented in "RCHM Dorset, Vol III," page 108.
Local climate
Droop Farmhouse receives an average of 830 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 65% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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