Church Farm House, Including Front Boundary Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1959. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Church Farm House, Including Front Boundary Wall
- WRENN ID
- silent-balcony-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1959
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Church Farm House, Including Front Boundary Wall, Church Knowle, BH20 5NG
- OS grid reference
- SY 940 819
- Coordinates
- 50.63677, -2.08494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farm House is a detached farmhouse dating to the late 16th and early 17th centuries, with extensions added in the 18th century. The house is constructed of rubble stone walls with a stone slate roof, and features brick end and centre stacks. The original design comprised a single storey and attic, with a 20th-century timber porch featuring a gabled tiled roof on the front. A ledged door provides access to the house. The ground floor has four casement windows with glazing bars, and the attic has one similar window in the eaves, alongside a pent-roofed dormer with a matching casement. A 20th-century conservatory has been added to the rear.
The main ground floor room has a large, partially reconstructed open fireplace, complete with a timber lintel and a bread oven. A stone bearing a fragment of inscription is positioned above the fireplace; this is akin to the inscription found in the west wall of the nearby Church tower. During work on the fireplace, further fragments were discovered, one incorporating the name "William Bennet," and these have since been re-set within the fireplace. The room also features some exposed ceiling beams.
A front boundary wall of stone, punctuated by stone piers, runs along the property.
Local climate
Church Farm House, Including Front Boundary Wall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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