Abbots Barton is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1972. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Abbots Barton
- WRENN ID
- knotted-eave-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Abbots Barton, the Knap, Hilton, DT11 0DE
- OS grid reference
- ST 780 031
- Coordinates
- 50.82708, -2.313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots Barton is a detached farmhouse with origins dating back to the 17th century. It was enlarged to the west, likely in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The walls are constructed with a combination of flint and brick banding on the left section, brick in the center, and rubble stone on the right. The roof is made of artificial stone slate, featuring one brick chimney stack at the left end and another near the center. The building has two storeys and includes a ledged door and a stable door near the right end. Both the ground and first floors have four casement windows with glazing bars. There is a lean-to garage extension at the left end made of brick with a tiled roof. Inside, one ground floor room features a large open fireplace with a timber lintel, and there are some exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
Abbots Barton receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- 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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