Wyke Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1985. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Wyke Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-truss-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wyke Farmhouse, Gillingham, SP8 5NR
- OS grid reference
- ST 791 266
- Coordinates
- 51.03911, -2.29905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wyke Farmhouse is probably a 17th-century farmhouse. It is constructed of whitewashed brick and rubble, with tiled roofs. The building is approximately 1½ storeys high and has an irregular six-window range. Windows are 2- and 3-light casements, some with leaded lights. A panelled door is located near the centre of the property. Internal features, as documented by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, include a large open fireplace with a cambered oak bressummer, flanked by an oven and a shell-headed recess, as well as deep chamfered beams.
Local climate
Wyke 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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