Parsonage Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1973. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Parsonage Farm

WRENN ID
turning-chancel-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1973
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Parsonage Farm, 63, Fordington High Street, Dorchester, DT1 1LD
OS grid reference
SY 698 905
Coordinates
50.71338, -2.42821
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Parsonage Farm is a two-storey building located on Fordington High Street. The front is finished in pebble-dash, concealing an older structure. It features a two-storey splayed bay from the 16th or early 17th century, which has five-light stone mullioned windows. Additionally, there is a similar four-light window on the first floor, along with the hood mould of another window located below.

Local climate

Parsonage Farm 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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