Whitecliff Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
Whitecliff Manor
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-lead-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whitecliff Manor, Whitecliff Road, Swanage
- OS grid reference
- SZ 029 807
- Coordinates
- 50.62647, -1.9593
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitecliff Manor, originally known as Whitecliff Farm, has its origins in the 17th century. The building features walls and roofs made of Purbeck Stone, with ashlar stone stacks that have moulded string courses and caps. The main range includes a stone porch, likely added later, which has a round arched doorway. On the ground floor, there is one three-light stone mullioned window, two two-light stone mullioned windows, and one single-light window with an arched head. The first floor contains three two-light mullioned windows and one small window, which probably originally lit a stair or closet. All the mullioned windows have been renewed. A large buttress is located at the north-east end of the building.
At the rear, there is a two-storeyed wing that appears to be contemporary with the main range but was extended in the 18th century. This wing features modern wood casement windows, some of which have cast iron diagonal glazing. The wing continues to form a barn at a slightly lower level, all constructed from Purbeck Stone. At the west end of the main range, there is a two-storeyed section that is roofed at right angles to the main range, possibly the remaining part of an earlier house. The interior of the manor has been considerably modernised.
It is noted that apart from the attached barn, the farm buildings are either recent or have been significantly altered and are not listed.
Local climate
Whitecliff Manor receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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