Dairy, Immediately North-West of Sherborne Castle is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1951. Dairy.
Dairy, Immediately North-West of Sherborne Castle
- WRENN ID
- graven-kitchen-crimson
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1951
- Type
- Dairy
- Address
- Dairy, Immediately North-West of Sherborne Castle, Castleton
- OS grid reference
- ST 648 164
- Coordinates
- 50.9461, -2.50135
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dairy, located immediately north-west of Sherborne Castle, is a late 18th-century building designed in the Gothick style. It features ashlar stone walls and a slate pyramidal roof, and is a single storey with three bays. The north front is arcaded and has clustered columns, along with an embattled and pinnacled parapet. There is a doorway at the center. Inside, there are counters and shelves from the late 18th century, painted green and white. Additionally, part of a Roman pavement from Lenthay Common has been reset in the floor.
Local climate
Dairy, Immediately North-West of Sherborne Castle receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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