Whitbourne Springs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Whitbourne Springs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- far-tin-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- South West Wiltshire MP: Dr Andrew Murrison (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Whitbourne Springs Farmhouse, Corsley, BA12 7RF
- OS grid reference
- ST 833 443
- Coordinates
- 51.19799, -2.23916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitbourne Springs Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a detached house. It features rendered timber-framing and a tiled roof with groups of diagonally-set brick stacks. The layout includes a through passage leading to the rear of the right stack and consists of three cells. The building is single-storey with an attic and has five windows and three gables.
The entrance is marked by a six-panelled door set in a stone gabled porch to the right of the center. To the right of the door, there is a 2-light leaded casement window, while to the left, there are two 3-light casements and a 12-pane sash window. On the first floor, there are three full gabled dormers on the left with 4-light leaded casements, and two 3-light casements on the right. The left side of the building has a 2-light leaded casement window on the ground floor.
At the rear, there are 19th and 20th-century two and 3-light casements and a glazed door, along with 2-light casements on the first floor and raking 20th-century dormers on the right-hand lean-to extension. Inside, the farmhouse features deeply chamfered beams with stepped stops. The room to the right of the passage has an open fireplace with a cambered lintel set on chamfered stone jambs, and a planked door with strap hinges in an ovolo-moulded architrave. The kitchen remains in its original position at the east end. The middle room contains an 18th-century corner cupboard with shaped shelves and a round arch with a keystone. The first floor is said to have a blocked stone fireplace in the east bedroom and retains original roof timbers. The timber-framing, characterized by square panels and studding, particularly at the east end, was exposed during renovations in 1978.
Local climate
Whitbourne Springs 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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