Former Bakehouse at Fisher's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1991. Bakehouse.
Former Bakehouse at Fisher's Farm
- WRENN ID
- drifting-banister-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Newbury MP: Mr Lee Dillon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1991
- Type
- Bakehouse
- Address
- Former Bakehouse at Fisher's Farm, Baydon Road, Great Shefford
- OS grid reference
- SU 359 739
- Coordinates
- 51.46355, -1.4833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former bakehouse at Fisher's Farm is likely from the 16th or 17th century, with some later alterations. It features a mix of very thin red brick and thicker brick, arranged in English and irregular bonds, topped by a hipped plain tile roof. The building has an L-shape, with an open-fronted range consisting of 5 by 2 bays at the front and a 2-bay wing for the bakehouse at the rear left. The windows are 20th-century small-pane casements.
On the south elevation, timber posts resting on padstones support the wall plate. Inside, there is a board door in a wood frame leading to the bakehouse on the left, along with a well and a donkey-wheel on the right. The flooring is brick paved, with the section in front of the door made of thin red brick, and flint paving on the right that includes a circular donkey path. The interior of the bakehouse has a stone and brick paved floor, a large fireplace in the front right corner with bread ovens and a set-pot, and a collared roof truss with inward-raking braces, along with old rafters.
Local climate
Former Bakehouse at Fisher's Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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