Upper Sydling Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Upper Sydling Farmhouse

WRENN ID
former-alcove-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 January 1956
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Sydling Farmhouse, Sydling St. Nicholas
OS grid reference
ST 625 015
Coordinates
50.81197, -2.53286
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Sydling Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse built in the late 18th century, with a rear wing added in the 19th century and re-roofing also from that period. The building features a coursed stone plinth, with walls made of flint and brick that are banded at the ground floor, and brick walls in stretcher bond on the first floor. It has a 19th-century slate roof with gable ends and boxed eaves, as well as late 19th-century brick stacks at the gable ends.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall and includes dormers. It has four windows in total, with three on the main front and one on the service end to the south. The windows are tripartite sashes with glazing bars, moulded flush wood frames, wood cills, segmental brick arches that are not gauged, and projecting keystones. Above the front doorway, there is a single sash window. The three dormers have wood casements with glazing bars. The central front doorway features a cambered brick arch with a keystone and a six flush-panel door from the 19th century, topped with a rectangular light.

On the service end, there are 3-light wood casements with similar arches above. The rear service range to the west, built in the mid-19th century, is made of brick and slate and includes a three-light iron casement with lead lights. There is a panelled side door with top lights, also from the 19th century. The farmhouse has attached rear stores with plank doors and front sleeper walls made of brick, topped with stone copings. Iron railings with urn finials and a matching iron gate are located at the centre of the front.

Local climate

Upper Sydling Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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