Venn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1984. Farmhouse.
Venn Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-stronghold-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Venn Farmhouse, Stoke Abbott
- OS grid reference
- SY 426 993
- Coordinates
- 50.79051, -2.81525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Venn Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse built in the early 19th century. It features ashlar stone walls and a slate roof with stone gable copings. There are brick stacks at both the left and right gables. The building is two storeys high and has three windows, which are 2-light wooden casements with glazing bars, although these have mostly been renewed. The front door is centrally located and has two glass panels, dating from the 19th century. At the rear, there is a two-storey wing with two windows, which are 2-light cast-iron casements with keyed stone lintels. Additionally, there is a pentice-roofed outshut at the rear, also covered with a slate roof.
Local climate
Venn Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% 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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