Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Farmhouse.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
under-pillar-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor Farmhouse, Priddy
OS grid reference
ST 497 556
Coordinates
51.29805, -2.72158
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Farmhouse is a manor house that has been converted into a farmhouse. It dates from the early 17th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is believed to have been built for John May, who was the Sheriff of Somerset. The building features coursed rubble and an ashlar garden front with a parapet and coping, along with ashlar stacks and a double Roman tile roof.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with the garden front displaying a layout of one bay on the left and three bays to the right. The left bay is topped with a front-facing gable that has moulded coping and a carved ornamental finial. There are 2, 3, and 4-light moulded stone mullioned windows on the ground floor, with transoms and in the left bay of the first floor. A continuous string course runs along the first floor and across the gable face. A 20th-century door opening has been inserted between the third and fourth bays, featuring a half-glazed door.

The entrance front includes a two-storey porch with a 2-light stone mullioned window on the first floor. The door opening is a 4-centred arch in a freestone surround, leading to a panelled inner door.

Local climate

Manor 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 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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