Fairfield Opportunity Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Fairfield Opportunity Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-cellar-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fairfield Opportunity Farmhouse, High Street, Dilton Marsh, BA13 4DL
- OS grid reference
- ST 852 500
- Coordinates
- 51.24912, -2.21324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairfield Opportunity Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in 1764, as indicated by the datestone on the front, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. The structure is made of English garden wall bond brick and features a tiled front roof pitch, while the rear pitch is covered with Welsh slate. It has a two-storey design with a three-window front.
The central entrance consists of a 20th-century door set within a porch, framed by a beaded stone architrave. On either side of the door, there are tripartite 4-pane sash windows with a higher centre light, also in beaded architraves. The first floor features a central 4-pane sash window, which is framed by a beaded architrave and has the date incised into the lintel, along with tripartite sash windows with higher centre lights on either side, all within beaded architraves.
To the right of the main building, there is a single-storey outhouse. The left return has a 20th-century conservatory and French windows. At the rear, there is a two-storey extension from the 19th century, which has a 20th-century lean-to attached. The interior was not accessible during the survey conducted in June 1986.
Local climate
Fairfield Opportunity Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- 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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