Poplar Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Poplar Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- calm-merlon-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Poplar Farmhouse, Sturminster Newton, DT10 2HS
- OS grid reference
- ST 758 135
- Coordinates
- 50.92051, -2.34431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poplar Farmhouse is a building of possible 16th-century origin, with significant alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries, and again in the 20th century. It is constructed from rubble, brick in both Flemish bond and stretcher bond patterns, and timber frame. The roof is thatched, with half-hipped sections and gable ends. A stack is positioned a quarter of the way in from the north-east gable. The farmhouse includes a gabled cross-wing and is a single-storey building with an attic. Windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars. Some gable ends feature exposed timber framing, and a 20th-century porch is present. The south-east gable is likely a rebuild from the 18th century, intended to create the impression of a double-pile plan. The farmhouse is said to have been re-roofed in the 20th century.
Local climate
Poplar Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 2 transactions since 2015
- 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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