Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. House.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
veiled-frieze-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1985
Type
House
Address
Manor Farmhouse, the Cross, Child Okeford
OS grid reference
ST 836 127
Coordinates
50.91422, -2.23461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is an 18th-century house located in Child Okeford. It features Flemish bond brickwork with flared headers, clunch, and mathematical tiles. The roof is slate with end brick stacks, and the building consists of two parallel ranges. The structure is symmetrical, with two storeys and a cellar, and has three bays. The openings are topped with flat, rubbed brick arches. The central entrance includes a six-panel door with a fanlight above. On the south wall, there is a stone inscribed with 'WTDT Esq. 1841'.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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