Bridge Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse.
Bridge Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lunar-loggia-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bridge Farmhouse, Westbury Leigh, Dilton Marsh
- OS grid reference
- ST 858 497
- Coordinates
- 51.24695, -2.20405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridge Farmhouse is a mid-17th century inn that has been converted into a detached house, with alterations and additions made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The front range, dating from the 18th century, is faced in ashlar and features a hipped Bridgewater tiled roof and stone stacks. The rear wing, originally timber-framed, has been rebuilt in English garden wall bond brick with a Welsh slate roof and three diagonally-set brick stacks, creating an L-plan structure.
The building is two stories high with five windows. The central entrance consists of double panelled doors flanked by unfluted columns with egg and dart capitals, leading to a fluted frieze and cornice. On either side of the entrance are two 12-pane sash windows. The central three bays of the façade project forward, with a moulded string course at the first floor level. There is a central blind window with a pediment, flanked by two sashes, the outer ones also featuring pediments. The frieze includes swags and half-pilasters for the central three bays, while pilasters extend to the sides, reaching up to the cornice and plain blocking course.
The right side of the building has a sash window and a blind window on both the ground and first floors. The left side has an attached lean-to shed. At the rear of the main range, there is a lean-to extension. The 17th-century wing at the back has a four-panelled door and 2-light casements on the east side, while the west side retains some timber framing and also has 2-light casements. The interior was not accessible during the survey in June 1986. The building was formerly known as the Apple Tree Inn.
Local climate
Bridge 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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