Stoford Fair House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A C16 Cottage.
Stoford Fair House
- WRENN ID
- nether-glass-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1961
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Stoford Fair House, Fairhouse Road, Barwick and Stoford
- OS grid reference
- ST 562 131
- Coordinates
- 50.91602, -2.62428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stoford Fair House is a cottage that likely dates back to the 16th century, with a refronting from the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in an irregular version of English Garden wall bond, sitting on a rubble plinth with Ham stone dressings on the sides and part of the rear. The cottage features a thatched roof and has brick stacks at both ends and in the center.
The building is two stories high and has four bays. The entrance door is located in the second bay and is topped by a very deep stone lintel. The ground floor has three-light chamfered mullioned windows, while the upper floor features three-light timber casements. There is a stone garage extension on the south side, which has a double Roman clay tiled roof, likely from the 19th century. The north gable displays a substantial stepped rubble chimney breast.
Inside, on the north wall, there is a partly blocked fireplace with chamfered sides and a massive stone lintel above. In the same room, there is a deep chamfered arched beam with chamfer stops, along with several old doors. Evidence of external quoins and variations in the internal walling indicates that the roof may have been raised by about 0.6 meters, possibly during the 19th century when the refronting occurred.
Local climate
Stoford Fair House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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