Gatcombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1984. Farmhouse. 11 related planning applications.
Gatcombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- cold-ledge-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gatcombe Farmhouse, Ashton Watering, Long Ashton, BS48 3QT
- OS grid reference
- ST 526 698
- Coordinates
- 51.42539, -2.6824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gatcombe Farmhouse is a vernacular farmhouse dating from the mid to late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. Constructed of coursed rubble, it has a double Roman tiled roof with coped raised verges and a parapet. Brick stacks are also present. The house is arranged as 2 steep, coped gables, forming 2 storeys and attics. It has five bays, featuring 2-light casement windows with exposed lintels. A central gabled projecting porch has a panelled and studded door within an ogee and step moulded surround incorporating elaborate stops. There is a 2-storey, single-bay extension to the left. The interior retains stop-chamfered beams, and a panelled door in a room to the left is set within an ovolo moulded surround.
Local climate
Gatcombe 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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 — 6 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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