Tomb Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Tomb Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quartered-quoin-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Tomb Farmhouse, Basildon, RG8 8SD
OS grid reference
SU 590 781
Coordinates
51.49902, -1.15056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tomb Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with some partial refacing and additions made in the early 20th century on the south side. The building is constructed of flint with brick dressings, a plinth, and lacing courses. It features an old tile roof that is half hipped on the left and has a gabled cross wing on the right, which reveals an exposed queen post truss. There is a large 17th-century stack at the rear right, a 20th-century stack in the center at the rear, and a 20th-century ridge stack above an off-centre door to the left. The farmhouse has two storeys, with three first-floor two-light leaded casements on the left and one three-light 20th-century leaded casement in the cross wing to the right. On the ground floor, there are three segmental-headed leaded cross windows to the left and a single three-light 20th-century leaded casement in the cross wing to the right. A 20th-century segmental-headed nine-panelled door is located between the first and second windows from the left.

Local climate

Tomb Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% 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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