Clapton Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 1986. A C17 Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Clapton Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings
- WRENN ID
- stark-jamb-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Clapton Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings, Moor Lane, Clapton-In-Gordano, BS20 7RF
- OS grid reference
- ST 471 742
- Coordinates
- 51.46471, -2.76172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clapton Farmhouse and attached farm buildings form an inner courtyard. The main farmhouse dates to the early to mid-17th century, with a later fireback dated 1725. Subsequent alterations occurred, particularly in the 19th century, when the windows were replaced. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble with pantiled roofs, raised coped verges, kneelers, and stone ridge and gable stacks; some outbuildings have Roman tiles. The layout follows a through-passage plan.
The farmhouse is two and a half storeys high, with a front elevation featuring three gables and asymmetrical window placement. The windows are predominantly three-light casements with timber lintels, iron stanchions, and relieving arches at ground and first floor. The gables on either side have two windows at ground floor, one at first, and two at second floor. The central gable features a porch with a cambered, chamfered lintel over the entrance, a framed and studded door with strap hinges, and built-in benches to the sides. The left return exhibits a wide, stepped external stack, while the right return has a two-light casement at ground floor and a 20th-century window at first floor, both with segmental heads. Attached to the left is a lower two-storey wing with 20th-century windows, and a single-storey outhouse with a door. The right return also has a stack and an open-fronted shelter shed with five openings to eaves height.
The rear elevation mirrors the front with three gables; a former window on the first floor is blocked. A stair tower rises to the full height of the gable, featuring a half-glazed door and a first-floor three-light casement with wooden ovolo mullions and a hood mould. A wing to the right has a door with strap hinges and a single 20th-century light, a 20th-century dormer, and a lower wing with a door, a four-pane light, and a corrugated plastic-covered area. A door and shelter shed open onto the inner side of the courtyard, which is enclosed by a rubble curtain wall approximately 3 meters high and 4 meters long. An additional lower wing to the right has a door, a two-light casement, and an external stair leading to a loading door in the gable end, with a further attached outbuilding containing 20th-century garage doors. The outer side of the bakehouse includes a 20th-century casement and a single-storey flat-roofed addition.
Inside, the narrow through passage features a deep-chamfered beam, a door to the left and right with moulded and stopped frames, and rooms with chamfered and stopped beams. A fireplace bears a fireback dated 1725, and a spice cupboard has a 19th-century door and reused butterfly hinges. A likely original dresser includes shaped shelves; a door with strap hinges and a ventilation hole is also present. The stair tower has a newel stair with later reconstructed treads. The remainder of the interior was not accessible at the time of listing.
Local climate
Clapton Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings receives an average of 860 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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