West Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
West Dairy
- WRENN ID
- long-chalk-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Dairy, Seaborough, DT8 3QY
- OS grid reference
- ST 425 057
- Coordinates
- 50.84862, -2.81737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Dairy is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features coursed stone walls and a thatched roof that is half-hipped at both ends. There are two rebuilt stone stacks on the rear wall. The building has one and a half storeys and three windows, which are three-light wooden casements with wooden lintels above. The front door is centrally located and consists of a two-leaf plank door with a wooden porch that has a pentice roof; this door dates from the 19th century. Inside, there is a ceiling beam with run-out stops, fireplaces with cambered wooden lintels, and a circular staircase with a plank door located on the back wall.
Local climate
West Dairy receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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