Town Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1955. House. 4 related planning applications.
Town Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-outpost-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Town Farmhouse, Dean Lane, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, SP5 5PA
- OS grid reference
- SU 000 171
- Coordinates
- 50.95393, -2.00119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This early 19th-century farmhouse is situated on Dean Lane in Sixpenny Handley. Constructed primarily of banded brick and flint with some tile hanging, the building features a tiled roof with end brick stacks and sprocketted eaves. It comprises two parallel ranges arranged symmetrically, presenting a three-bay facade. The windows are sash windows, with eight panes on the upper sashes and twelve panes on the lower. A central door consists of six fielded panels, sheltered by a 19th-century timber lattice porch with a pointed arch.
Local climate
Town Farmhouse 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 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 10 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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