Former Rope Walk About 65 Metres South East of Main Building, Farrett Iron Works is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Industrial structure.

Former Rope Walk About 65 Metres South East of Main Building, Farrett Iron Works

WRENN ID
grey-cellar-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1987
Type
Industrial structure
OS grid reference
ST 446 185
Coordinates
50.96404, -2.78917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former rope walk, located about 65 metres south-east of the main building at Parrett Iron Works, dates from the 19th century and is now used as a byre. It is constructed of ham stone rubble and features a double Roman clay tiled roof. The structure consists of 20 bays, with timber posts and braced beams along the north-west side, and queen-post roof trusses. There are windows in the south-east wall, one for each bay, although all are now blocked, with some originally featuring cast iron grilles. This building is part of the significant engineering works established around 1855, and it is the second of two rope walks on the site.

Local climate

Former Rope Walk About 65 Metres South East of Main Building, Farrett Iron Works receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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