Down Farmhouse and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. A Georgian Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Down Farmhouse and Barn
- WRENN ID
- rooted-attic-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Down Farmhouse and Barn, Allington Lane, Kington St. Michael, SN14 6LP
- OS grid reference
- ST 891 767
- Coordinates
- 51.4896, -2.1573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Down Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse constructed of rubble stone with a stone slate roof and end stacks. It is two storeys and has an attic, arranged in an L-shape. The front of the farmhouse has a double frontage with flush mullion windows; a two-light window is on the left side, a three-light window on the right side, and a central 20th-century door within a flush moulded surround with a hood on brackets. Similar two-light windows are found on the end wall, the rear of the building, and the rear wing. Hood moulds are present over the lower windows.
Attached to the rear of the wing is a barn dating to the 19th century. It has a plain cart entry on the south side and a gabled entry on the north side. The roof is covered with Bridgwater tiles, and there is a lean-to structure on the left side, overlapping the farmhouse wall. To the east of the barn is a range of eight 19th-century stalls, defined by brick and stone piers that taper towards the top.
Local climate
Down Farmhouse and Barn receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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 — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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