Wheel House, 20m North of West Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1974. Wheel house.

Wheel House, 20m North of West Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dusk-pediment-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1974
Type
Wheel house
Address
Wheel House, 20m North of West Farmhouse, Rook Lane, Winterborne Whitechurch
OS grid reference
SY 839 997
Coordinates
50.79675, -2.22972
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wheel House, located 20 meters north of West Farmhouse in Winterborne Whitechurch, is a 18th-century structure designed for a rotary horse mill. It features English-bond brick walls and a conical thatched roof. This building was likely used for a cider press and is scheduled as an ancient monument (no. M1818).

Local climate

Wheel House, 20m North of West 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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