Shircombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1986. A Victorian Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Shircombe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
watchful-gutter-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Victorian
Address
Shircombe Farmhouse, Hownel Lane, Brompton Regis, Somerset, TA22 9LQ
OS grid reference
SS 935 316
Coordinates
51.07428, -3.52075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shircombe Farmhouse is a circa 1840 farmhouse built of roughcast over flat bedded rubble, with a slate roof. The roof has overhanging eaves with decorative sprockets on the front facade, and has been shortened at the rear. Decorative ridge tiles are present, with a few plain tile replacements. Brick stacks are located at the gable ends and between the first and second bays on the left side. The farmhouse has a three-cell and cross passage plan. The two-storey front facade features four bays of 16-pane sash windows, and a gabled porch with a 4-centered arch head opening containing a ribbed door inserted in the early 20th century. It is believed that an earlier farmhouse stood to the northwest of the current building and was largely destroyed by fire.

Local climate

Shircombe Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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