Dyer's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Dyer's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ruined-terrace-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Dyer's Farmhouse, Holnest, DT9 5PU
OS grid reference
ST 659 093
Coordinates
50.88277, -2.48531
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dyer's Farmhouse is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It features rubble walls and a tiled, gable-ended roof. There are brick stacks on the left gable and partway along the ridge to the right. The building is designed in an L shape and has two storeys with a five-window range, which includes two and three-light casements with horizontal glazing bars. A gabled porch is also present.

Local climate

Dyer's Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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