Elsdon's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. Farmhouse.

Elsdon's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
silent-foundation-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Elsdon's Farmhouse, Elsdons Lane, Wootton Fitzpaine
OS grid reference
SY 337 957
Coordinates
50.75793, -2.94056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elsdon's Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located on Elsdons Lane in Wootton Fitzpaine. The building features rubble walls with some blue lias quoins and a thatched roof with gable ends. There are two brick stacks, one at each gable. The farmhouse has a rear wing, which may be original, creating an L-shaped plan.

On the south elevation, the farmhouse is 1½ storeys high and has three windows, which are wooden casements with three and four lights, all featuring the same lintels and cills. The front door is centrally located and leads into a cross-passage, made of planks. A 20th-century porch with a concrete tile roof has been added. Above the right-hand ground floor window, there is a tablet that reads, "King Charles II stayed here September 22 1651. Erected March 31 1902."

Inside, the farmhouse has slightly chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops and an open fireplace with a wide segmental wooden lintel. There is also a half-spiral staircase located within the thickness of the rear wall.

Local climate

Elsdon's Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% 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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