Grove Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. House.
Grove Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- south-facade-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Grove Farmhouse, Melbury Abbas
- OS grid reference
- ST 883 202
- Coordinates
- 50.98197, -2.16747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grove Farmhouse is a house from the early 19th century, constructed of ashlar stone and topped with a hipped slate roof. It features a central ashlar chimney stack and has a symmetrical design. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with an additional service wing on the left side. The windows are 12-pane sash style, and there is a central panelled door with a transom light situated beneath a flat porch.
Local climate
Grove Farmhouse 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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