Perry Farm, Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Farmhouse.
Perry Farm, Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- riven-gateway-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Perry Farm, Old Farmhouse, Sturminster Newton
- OS grid reference
- ST 751 142
- Coordinates
- 50.92708, -2.35472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Perry Farm, Old Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed from coursed rubble with a slate roof featuring gable ends. It has brick stacks at the gables and one backing onto a cross-passage. The building has a single-pile plan with a rear wing and stands two storeys high, showcasing a five-window range. The windows are two-light wooden casements with glazing bars. There is a door to the right of the stack that leads to the cross-passage, with another door to the right that likely leads to service rooms. Inside, notable features include a deep stopped chamfered beam and a wooden newel staircase.
Local climate
Perry Farm, Old 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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