Rimpton House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1979. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rimpton House
- WRENN ID
- grim-vestry-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rimpton House, Home Farm Lane, BA22 8AS
- OS grid reference
- ST 604 218
- Coordinates
- 50.99508, -2.56508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ripton House is a large house dating to the early 17th century, with significant alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed of local stone, some cut and squared, some as random rubble, with Ham stone dressings and partial refacing on the north and east sides. The roof is covered in Welsh slate, featuring coped gables and finials. The building has brick chimney stacks and an "L" shape with additions. It is two storeys high with an attic.
The South elevation has a gabled end with a 19th-century door and sidelights, but no porch. The window arrangement on this side is irregular, featuring a chamfered mullioned window with a label mould, and a timber casement window with ovolo mouldings. The East elevation is more formal, with three bays, featuring French doors on the ground floor with a label mould above, and mullioned windows above without labels. The North, roadside, elevation has four irregular bays with mostly chamfered mullioned windows. An attic window has a hood and leaded panes, along with an early wrought iron casement stay. One 19th-century sash window with 16 panes is located on the ground floor.
The interior incorporates several 18th-century features, including doors, doorcases, corbel brackets to beads, cupboards, and some shallow ceiling cornices and friezes.
Local climate
Rimpton House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 3 transactions since 2007
- 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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