Manor Farmhouse and Manor Close is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1973. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Manor Farmhouse and Manor Close

WRENN ID
sharp-foundation-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1973
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor Farmhouse and Manor Close, St James Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8HQ
OS grid reference
ST 858 224
Coordinates
51.0016, -2.20263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse, dating from 1615, is an L-shaped house with its older section set back behind a front garden. The front, likely from the 18th century, is two stories high with three windows and constructed of stone ashlar. It features a string course, a cove at the eaves, and a plain tile roof with two hipped dormers. The windows have been altered sash windows, and there is a doorway with a hood supported by moulded brackets, leading to a six flush panel door with the top two panels cut away and glazed.

An extension along the street to the south of the right-hand end, known as Manor Close, is probably from the early 19th century. This part is also two stories high with three windows, a half hipped slate roof, and a stone rubble front. It has two-light casement windows with small panes and one window bay in the western gable end, featuring one sash window above and below.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse and Manor Close 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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