Ab Antiquo is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Ab Antiquo
- WRENN ID
- tangled-slate-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ab Antiquo, Main Street, Bridport, DT6 4BJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 471 918
- Coordinates
- 50.72362, -2.74967
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ab Antiquo is a detached former farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with significant alterations made in the 20th century. The building features rubble stone walls and a thatch roof, which is half-hipped on the left side and gabled on the right. There are brick stacks located at the ridge, to the left of center and on the right gable. The farmhouse is one storey high and has three windows, which are two-light wooden casements with glazing bars. The windows have wooden cills and segmental stone arch-voussoirs.
On the left side, there is a former bread oven that projects out, which is semi-circular and has a stone slab roof, dating back to the 17th century. The entrance has a plank door with ornamental strap-hinges, added in the 20th century, and there is a thatch porch canopy supported by posts. Inside, at the southwest angle, there is a stone spiral staircase leading to the first floor. The fittings of the bread oven have been removed and may have been rebuilt at the rear of the fireplace.
Local climate
Ab Antiquo receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 2000
- 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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