Knitson Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1959. A 17th Century Farmhouse.
Knitson Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-span-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1959
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- 17th Century
- Address
- Knitson Farmhouse, Langton Matravers
- OS grid reference
- SZ 005 807
- Coordinates
- 50.6266, -1.99419
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knitson Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with a rear wing added in the 18th century. It features rubble stone walls and a stone slate roof, with stone stacks on the ridge. The building has a T-shaped plan and includes a 20th-century extension at the west end. It is one storey and has an attic. At the left end, there is a glazed door in what was formerly an outhouse, now part of the house. The ground floor has two casement windows with glazing bars, while the attic contains one hipped dormer with similar casements. The rear wing, also one storey and with an attic, is heavily buttressed. The 20th-century extension has stone walls and a concrete tiled roof. Inside, the original house features a large open fireplace with remnants of a bread oven and a curing chamber. The roof timbers are reputedly smoke-blackened.
Local climate
Knitson Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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