Moore's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. Farmhouse.
Moore's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- blind-niche-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Moore's Farmhouse, Church Street, Fontmell Magna
- OS grid reference
- ST 865 171
- Coordinates
- 50.95319, -2.19255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moore's Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse located in Fontmell Magna. It features Flemish bond brickwork with some flared headers and chainage at the ends, while the side walls are constructed of rubble. The building has a slate roof with brick stacks at both ends. The facade is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and three bays. The windows are set under segmental brick heads and include 2 and 3-light 20th-century casements with horizontal glazing bars. The central entrance has a part-glazed door beneath a gabled head.
Local climate
Moore's Farmhouse 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 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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