Horsehill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Horsehill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
open-kitchen-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Horsehill Farmhouse, Horsehill Lane, Stoke Abbott, DT8 3JL
OS grid reference
ST 458 006
Coordinates
50.80253, -2.76977
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horsehill Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse with a datestone reading TCM 1669 above the front door, which features a modillion frame. There is another datestone, SIM 1691, located further to the right, and a rear wing with a date of R.S. 1778 on its east wall. The building has dressed stone walls and a new Roman-tile roof with stone gable copings. It is two storeys high and has five windows, which include 3- and 4-light stone mullions that are hollow-chamfered. The ground floor windows have separate labels above them, and there is a close grouping of two windows at the right-hand end. The front door, located at the original centre, is made of wood with flush and fielded panels and has a wooden door surround dating from the 18th century.

In the north-west corner, there is a long rear wing that was added in the 18th century, featuring stone gable copings and a ball finial at the apex. This wing is also two storeys high and has two windows, which are 3-light wooden casements with lead lights and wooden lintels above. There are steps leading up at the gable end to a former granary, which has a plank door.

Local climate

Horsehill Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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