Westford Farmhouse and Attached Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Farmhouse.
Westford Farmhouse and Attached Stables
- WRENN ID
- rusted-kitchen-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Westford Farmhouse and Attached Stables, Thorncombe
- OS grid reference
- ST 337 042
- Coordinates
- 50.83368, -2.94224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westford Farmhouse and attached stables is a 17th-century farmhouse located in Thorncombe. The building features rubble and cob walls with stone quoins and a thatched roof with a half-hipped gable. It has three stacks at the ridge, two made of brick and one rendered. The farmhouse is 1½ storeys high and has a four-window range with wooden casements and glazing bars. There is a 20th-century porch, and the half-hipped roof is extended over dormers. The attached stables, which include a loft above, create an L-shaped plan.
Local climate
Westford Farmhouse and Attached Stables receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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