Metford Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1956. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Metford Mill
- WRENN ID
- other-mantel-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1956
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Metford Mill, Holway Lane, Cattistock, DT2 0HH
- OS grid reference
- ST 585 005
- Coordinates
- 50.80283, -2.58953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Metford Mill is a detached farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, featuring a later bakehouse that is positioned at right angles to the main structure, along with 20th-century changes to the windows. The walls are constructed of rubble-stone and chalk block, topped with a thatch roof that has gable ends. There is a brick stack on the right-hand gable, which was renewed in the 18th century, and a rendered stack on the left-hand gable. The west wall has been rebuilt using reconstituted stone.
The farmhouse is two storeys high with attics and has four windows that are three-light wooden casements, complete with glazing bars, wooden sills, and lintels, all dating from the 20th century. The front door features four flush panels and two top lights, set within a wooden frame from the 19th century.
The bakehouse, located at the southeast corner, has rubble-stone walls and a tiled roof, with a bread oven that protrudes in a semi-circular shape. Additionally, there is a converted byre at the east end of the farmhouse, which has a plank door with two top lights and a wooden lintel above, supported by brick jambs.
Local climate
Metford Mill receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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