The Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
The Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- swift-pewter-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Farmhouse, Well Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 8LP
- OS grid reference
- ST 857 232
- Coordinates
- 51.00805, -2.20395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farmhouse is an early to mid-19th century building, likely dating from 1815 to 1860. It is a two-storey structure with a symmetrical facade of three windows. The roof is modern, tiled, with brick flanking stacks. The front of the house is constructed of rough ashlar, and it features a two-light casement window on the upper floor, and two- and three-light windows on the ground floor, all with stone voussoirs. A four-panelled door is centrally positioned; the top two panels are cut away and glazed.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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