The Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1973. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- empty-slate-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old Farmhouse, Darknoll Lane, Okeford Fitzpaine, DT11 0RP
- OS grid reference
- ST 800 112
- Coordinates
- 50.9006, -2.28499
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A farmhouse, dating from the 17th century with possible earlier origins, and incorporating a west range added in the 18th century. The west range is constructed of rubble, while the east range is of brick in a Flemish bond pattern with flared headers, and both have thatched, gable-ended roofs, with the left side half-hipped. A brick stack is located to the right and opposite the front door. The farmhouse has a lobby entrance plan and is arranged with a west range of one and a half storeys and an east range of two storeys, with a total of seven windows. Brick stacks are positioned to the right and opposite the entrance. Windows are mostly 19th and 20th century casements with horizontal glazing bars. Ground floor openings to the right are set within segmental brick arches, while those to the left are beneath wooden lintels. A 19th-century, two-storey porch with a round arch is present. The front door is set within a heavy frame.
Local climate
The Old Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- 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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