Old Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cloister-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Manor Farmhouse, Compton Abbas, SP7 0ND
- OS grid reference
- ST 875 188
- Coordinates
- 50.96893, -2.1782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Manor Farmhouse is a house, probably dating from the late 18th century. It has an ashlar facade with rubble side walls and a hipped slated roof featuring end brick stacks. The building has a symmetrical facade with two storeys and three bays, each fitted with 12-pane sash windows. There is a stone porch that is pilastered and pedimented, which includes a part-glazed, flush panelled door. Inside, notable features include a stone fireplace surround that has egg-and-dart enrichment.
Local climate
Old Manor 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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