Thornton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Thornton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-flagstone-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1960
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Thornton Farmhouse, Marnhull, DT10 1HF
- OS grid reference
- ST 804 180
- Coordinates
- 50.96135, -2.27924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farmhouse. It is probably of 17th-century origin, with rebuilding in the 18th century and a cross wing added in the 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed from squared, coursed rubble and ashlar, with hipped and gabled slate roofs and brick stacks at various locations. It is two or three storeys high, with an irregular arrangement of windows. The south wall has two stone mullioned windows of three lights, the lower one having a returned label. The north front has three-light 18th-century stone mullioned windows. A wide wooden plank door sits under a wooden lintel. The 19th-century wing incorporates sash windows and casement windows with leaded lights and has a panelled door with a flat hood. The 19th-century wing has a chamfered plinth and a moulded cornice. The house has a large moat and is all that remains of the former settlement of Thornton, which was once a separate parish.
Local climate
Thornton Farmhouse receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
- 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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