Holyrood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
Holyrood Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- turning-lead-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holyrood Farmhouse, Watery Lane, Shaftesbury, SP7 0NA
- OS grid reference
- ST 863 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99962, -2.19549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holyrood Farmhouse, likely dating to the mid to late 17th century, is a T-shaped farmhouse with a two-storey, four-window front built of ashlar. A weathered string course runs along the front. Later pointing has been applied to the stonework. The farmhouse features two-light stone mullioned windows with chamfered mullions and frames. The doorway has chamfered jambs and a four-centred head. The roof is now covered with new slates, and there are new brick chimneys. The interior contains an original staircase, which is not currently on site, and decorative mural designs. In 1970, the farmhouse was described as a fine building showing signs of decay.
Local climate
Holyrood 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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