Ricketts Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1986. Farm house. 1 related planning application.

Ricketts Farm House

WRENN ID
woven-alcove-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1986
Type
Farm house
Address
Ricketts Farm House, Corfe Castle, BH20 5JA
OS grid reference
SY 995 811
Coordinates
50.63032, -2.00758
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ricketts Farm House is a detached house, likely originating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-20th century. It features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, with a stone stack located at the left end. The building has an L-shaped plan and consists of one storey and an attic. A 20th-century stone porch with a gabled roof leads to a 20th-century oak ledged door. The front wall is buttressed, and the ground floor includes two 20th-century casement windows with glazing bars set under brick arches. The attic has two pent-roofed dormers, each with similar casements. At the right end, there is a single-storey extension with an added pergola, and the entrance is located in this gable wall. The interior has been altered but still retains two original open fireplaces with timber lintels, one of which has been modified. Some ceiling beams are chamfered. It is noted that this is not the house referred to as Ricketts Farm in the original Supplementary List.

Local climate

Ricketts Farm House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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