Bedchester House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Bedchester House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-porch-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bedchester House, Woodbridge Lane, Fontmell Magna, SP7 0BF
- OS grid reference
- ST 850 176
- Coordinates
- 50.95807, -2.21486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bedchester House is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Fontmell Magna, with significant alterations in later centuries. The building is constructed of ashlar and rubble walls, topped with thatched roofs, and features end brick stacks and stacks at the intersection of the building ranges. It has a roughly L-shaped layout.
The main facade has two storeys and a three-window range, with casement windows containing glazing-bars. A 19th-century porch, containing a plank door, is positioned centrally. At the rear of the building, a blocked timber mullioned window is visible, filled with wattle and daub, alongside the remains of a wall-plate indicating the house was originally likely single-storied. The rear range windows feature 19th-century brick dressings.
Local climate
Bedchester House 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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