Gards Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Gards Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pitched-pediment-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Gards Farmhouse, Tarrant Monkton, DT11 8RX
OS grid reference
ST 944 089
Coordinates
50.87985, -2.08044
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gards Farmhouse is a cottage dating from the mid-18th century. It is rendered and whitewashed, with a thatched roof and an end brick stack on the left. The house has two storeys and a two-window front. It features 19th-century two-light cast-iron casement windows with glazing bars, and a central part-glazed panelled door.

Local climate

Gards Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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