Hill Crest is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1967. Farmhouse.
Hill Crest
- WRENN ID
- proud-pier-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Hill Crest, Holt
- OS grid reference
- SU 027 062
- Coordinates
- 50.85543, -1.96269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill Crest is a small former farmhouse dating from the 18th century. It features cob walls that have been raised in brick, a thatched roof, and plastered stacks on the ridge. The building is two storeys high, with the left end having been partially rebuilt and projecting forward slightly. There is a ledged door located in a pebble dashed porch that has a gabled tiled roof. On the ground floor, there are three 20th-century casement windows with lead lights, while the first floor has two similar windows and one dormered window in the left section. A 20th-century rear wing is attached at the right end, constructed in a matching style, along with a lean-to extension at the right end. Inside, the main ground floor room features a large open fireplace with a timber lintel and a bread oven, while there is a smaller open fireplace in the room at the left end. Some exposed stop-chamfered ceiling beams can also be seen. The building was under repair at the time of the survey in November 1985.
Local climate
Hill Crest receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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