Dole's Ash Farmhouse Including 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
Dole's Ash Farmhouse Including 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West
- WRENN ID
- drifting-sandstone-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dole's Ash Farmhouse Including 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West, Piddletrenthide, DT2 7RE
- OS grid reference
- ST 721 002
- Coordinates
- 50.80126, -2.39652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farmhouse, possibly dating back to the 17th century, largely rebuilt in the early 19th century. The lower storey of the north-west front is constructed of banded flint and rubble, while the upper storeys are made of banded flint and brick. The south-west front has been rendered and colourwashed. It has gable-ended slate roofs with brick stacks at each end, and a parapet with a plat band.
The south-west front has two storeys and a three-window arrangement with sash windows containing glazing bars. A 20th-century porch with a part-glazed door is present. Attached to the right is a single-storey range built of English garden wall bond brick. The north-west facade extends to three storeys; the ground floor on the left has a 17th-century four-light stone mullioned window with hollow chamfering and leaded lights.
Inside, there are several 17th and 18th-century features, likely reused from elsewhere. These include an early 17th-century overmantel with grotesque, caryatid pilasters flanking two main panels displaying coats of arms, along with moulded borders, a frieze, and a carved cornice. There is also reset 17th and 18th-century panelling and an early 18th-century staircase with moulded handrails and turned, carved balusters.
Two pairs of monolithic, rusticated stone gate piers stand to the south-west.
Local climate
Dole's Ash Farmhouse Including 2 Pairs of Gate Piers to South West 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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