Senior's Farmhouse and Attached Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1960. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Senior's Farmhouse and Attached Barn

WRENN ID
guardian-bronze-clover
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 October 1960
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Senior's Farmhouse and Attached Barn, New Street, Marnhull, DT10 1PZ
OS grid reference
ST 781 187
Coordinates
50.96738, -2.31322
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Senior's Farmhouse and attached barn is a Grade II* listed building dating from around 1500, with 18th century and later additions and alterations. The structure features coursed rubble and ashlar walls topped with a gable-ended roof, which is tiled and stone-slated. There are brick stacks located at the gable and to the right of the front door.

The east facade is two storeys high and has a four-window range. On the ground floor to the right, there is a three-light square-headed window with a hood mould, where each light has a four-centred head. Next to this is a modern single-light casement in a blocked doorway. To the right of the doorway is a two-light square-headed window with a cusped, traceried head. The left-hand bay features a modern copy of the right-hand bay window. The two upper floor north bays have two-light square-headed windows with square-headed lights, while the upper floor left bays are similar but with traceried heads. Between the two left bays is a small trefoiled loop.

The doorway has a moulded, pointed head with continuous jambs in a square surround, featuring carved leaf spandrels under a label. This doorway has been altered by the insertion of an 18th century part-glazed, panelled door.

The attached barn, dating from the 18th century, has rubble walls and a stone-slate roof. Notable internal features include moulded and chamfered ceiling beams and wall-plates, four-centred head fireplaces with various carvings and decorations, high-quality original plank and muntin partitions (one of which bears paintings and another with carved tracery), 16th century moulded plaster ceiling panels, and four-centred head partition doorways. The exact original purpose of the building remains uncertain.

Local climate

Senior's Farmhouse and Attached Barn receives an average of 830 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 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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