Writh Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. A Mid C19 Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Writh Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- eastward-remnant-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Writh Farmhouse, Melbury Abbas, SP7 0BY
- OS grid reference
- ST 862 204
- Coordinates
- 50.9829, -2.19771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Writh Farmhouse is a mid 19th-century farmhouse built from coursed, squared rubble. It features gable-ended slate roofs with stone copings and end ashlar stacks, designed in a 'Tudor' style. The building is L-shaped and has two storeys with a three-window range. The windows are two-light stone-mullioned with leaded lights, while the north wing has wooden casements with glazing bars. The entrance is located in the re-entrant angle of the structure. To the north, there is a continuous, long outbuilding range that has a half-hipped, tiled roof, and a plank door is situated to the right.
Local climate
Writh Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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