Complex of Farm Buildings Including Dovecote and Labouers Cottage at Bemerton Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1977. Farm complex. 8 related planning applications.
Complex of Farm Buildings Including Dovecote and Labouers Cottage at Bemerton Farm
- WRENN ID
- errant-moat-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1977
- Type
- Farm complex
- Address
- Complex of Farm Buildings Including Dovecote and Labouers Cottage at Bemerton Farm, Lower Road, Salisbury, SP2 9NA
- OS grid reference
- SU 118 307
- Coordinates
- 51.07583, -1.83284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This complex of farm buildings at Bemerton Farm was constructed in 1863 as a model farm for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, designed by Samuel Clarke. The complex suffered some damage from fires but remains of significant interest for its well-arranged layout of numerous offices and its distinctive façade of random rubble, resembling ‘crazy-paving’. The roofs are slate. The original design incorporated an animal infirmary.
To the north of the main buildings is a two-and-a-half storey labourer's cottage. It includes a bar window on the north side and formerly round-headed windows to the east. South of the cottage is an arcaded courtyard connecting sheds to a one-and-a-half storey coach house and the main block. Round-headed windows are a recurring feature, often paired and with overarches.
West of the cottage stands a circular dovecote topped with a conical slate roof and lantern, featuring two ranges of pigeon holes below the eaves, and various openings, including cross-loops (possibly for chickens). The east front of the main range has projecting, quarter-hipped gabled sheds arranged in groups of three with round-arched windows. Opposite the entrance (dated 1863) is a pair of gables, with a small entrance featuring a shouldered lintel and bellcote above.
To the south lies a foldyard enclosed by brick walls incorporating ‘crazy-paving’ rubble and ashlar with rounded capping. Pill-box structures are situated in the south-west corners. This farm building complex is important for its architectural design, its insight into agricultural practices, and its reflection of social history.
Local climate
Complex of Farm Buildings Including Dovecote and Labouers Cottage at Bemerton Farm receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 32 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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