Ferncroft is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House.
Ferncroft
- WRENN ID
- knotted-flint-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ferncroft, West Stour
- OS grid reference
- ST 782 224
- Coordinates
- 51.00104, -2.31173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ferncroft is a house, likely built in the late 18th century. It features rendered walls and a tiled roof with gable ends and brick stacks at either end. The facade is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and three bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and there is a flush panelled door situated beneath an open pedimented hood supported by moulded brackets. There is a 20th-century outshut on the left side and a 20th-century wing at the rear.
Local climate
Ferncroft 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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