Barfoot Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Barfoot Farmhouse

WRENN ID
waiting-attic-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Barfoot Farmhouse, Melbury Abbas Mill, Redmans Lane, Melbury Abbas, SP7 0DB
OS grid reference
ST 877 206
Coordinates
50.98554, -2.17588
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barfoot Farmhouse is an early 19th-century farmhouse located on Redmans Lane in Melbury Abbas. The building is constructed of greensand ashlar and features a slate roof with stone stacks at each end. It has a symmetrical design, standing two storeys high with three bays. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and there is a central door that includes a transom light. The overall layout of the farmhouse is in an L-plan configuration.

Local climate

Barfoot Farmhouse 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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