West Wilderness Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
West Wilderness Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-steel-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- West Wilderness Farmhouse, 1 and 2, Wilderness Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 978 492
- Coordinates
- 51.23407, -0.60042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Wilderness Farmhouse is a house that was originally built in the 16th century and extended in the 17th, with further additions in the 19th century, and restored in the 20th century. The construction is timber framed, resting on a sandstone rubble plinth with brick infill on the ground floor. The upper parts are tile hung, with a plain tiled roof. A section to the left is built of brick, incorporating an imitation timber frame on the first floor. The farmhouse is two storeys high, featuring corbelled stacks.
No. 1, which is on the right-hand side, has a gabled end to a three-bay range with a rebuilt stack on the ridge. A single three-light window is situated on the first floor beneath a pent roof, with a two-light ground-floor window beneath it. The ground floor window has intersecting tracery bars in the transom lights and a pent roof supported by braces. A 20th-century door sits to the left, set within the angle where it connects to the range linking it to No. 2. The right-hand return front displays exposed timber framing with diagonal bracing to the first floor, containing three windows on each floor of varying sizes.
No. 2, to the left, has a tile-hung gable and a square-paned, mullioned and transomed window on the first floor. A projecting square bay window is situated below, decorated with glazing bars on the upper lights. A very tall, corbelled stack is located on the right, in the angle where it joins the linking bay. A rear door provides access to the rear of the property.
Local climate
West Wilderness Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2020
- 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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