Adcroft House 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.
Adcroft House
- WRENN ID
- riven-roof-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1960
- Type
- House
- Address
- Adcroft House, West Bourton Road, SP8 5PQ
- OS grid reference
- ST 769 301
- Coordinates
- 51.07057, -2.33012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Adcroft House is a house likely dating from the early 18th century, situated in Bourton West Bourton Foal. It is constructed of rubble walls with a gable-ended, tiled roof and brick stacks at each end. The facade is symmetrical, arranged in an L-shape with three bays across two storeys. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars. Internal features of note include an original staircase and dado, and a room containing two round-headed niches with moulded surrounds and shaped shelving. The house is documented in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments for Dorset, volume IV, pages 4-5, entry number 4.
Local climate
Adcroft House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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