Britton's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Gloucestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1953. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Britton's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-joist-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- North East Somerset and Hanham MP: Dan Norris (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Britton's Farmhouse, Beach Lane, Bitton, BS30 6NP
- OS grid reference
- ST 706 707
- Coordinates
- 51.43491, -2.42426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Britton's Farmhouse is a late 17th century to early 18th century building constructed of rubble with quoins. It features a modern pantile roof with coped verges and square ashlar stacks that have moulded caps. The farmhouse is two storeys high with attics, which are adorned with two dormer gables that also have coping and saddlestones.
The front of the house has five windows, which are 2-light casements with stone mullions. There is an additional single light window range to the left, which lights a cupboard next to the fireplace on the ground floor. Above the windows, there is a weathered string course, drip moulds at the attic level, and flush relieving arches. The ground floor windows have been lengthened by lowering their cills.
The central door opening has an arched head with a carved keystone set in a square moulded frame, with mouldings that stop at the base. The door itself is studded and fitted with strap hinges.
At the rear, there are two parallel gabled ranges, partly covered with stone tiles, and a slightly set-back gabled projection that serves as a stair-turret in the angle. The gables have chimneys, with the left-hand one featuring moulding. The rear also displays a variety of 18th century glazing bar sashes and 2-light mullion windows with drips.
To the left of the front, there is a two-bay, two-storey mid-19th century wing that projects out, which incorporates an earlier bay and extends as a late 17th century gabled wing to the rear. Inside, there is a large wide chamfered fireplace with a wooden lintel.
Local climate
Britton's Farmhouse 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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