The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-mantel-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Manor House, Whitcombe, DT2 8NY
- OS grid reference
- SY 717 881
- Coordinates
- 50.6922, -2.40146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is an early 18th-century farmhouse that has been extended and raised. It was originally listed as Whitcombe Farmhouse. The building is constructed of coursed and squared rubble walls with brick dressings and brick quoins. The roof is tiled with stone slates at the eaves, hipped at both ends. Brick stacks are located at the left hip apex, on the ridge left of centre, and on the ridge towards the right hip apex. The front elevation has five windows on the ground floor, with irregular sash windows featuring glazing bars and wooden sills. The windows are set within cambered brick arches and have concrete lintels. Two French windows, with glazing bars, are located to the right of the centre. A blocked doorway is at the centre, marking the original front door position, although the current front door is within a 20th-century porch extension at the south end, built of rubble stone with brick quoins. The door itself is a 6-panelled door, also 20th century, with a bracketed stone canopy above. A single-storey outshut runs along the rear of the house, covered by a tile roof. The back door is a 6-panelled, 20th-century replacement. Inside, there are mid-chamfered ceiling beams. An outbuilding, dating from the 19th century, is attached to the north end, built with rubble and brick walls and a clay tile roof, including a brick stack. Features on this outbuilding include a French window to the garden and a two-light casement window facing the yard, both 20th century.
Local climate
The Manor House 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- 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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