Woodhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. A 13th century Farmhouse.
Woodhouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- mired-glass-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- 13th century
- Address
- Woodhouse Farmhouse, Woodhouse Lane, Knowle St. Giles
- OS grid reference
- ST 343 107
- Coordinates
- 50.89272, -2.93517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodhouse Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse with origins dating back to at least the 13th century, although it was rebuilt after a fire in 1806. The building is constructed from ham stone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a concrete tile roof with stepped coped gables and stone chimney stacks. It has two storeys and an attic, with a three-bay south elevation.
The south elevation includes hollow-chamfered mullioned windows with four-centre-arched lights; the outer bays have four-light windows while the second bay has a three-light window on the ground floor. Above, there are similar but plain chamfered mullioned windows, all lacking labels, but featuring horizontal glazing bars and internal ferramenta between the first and second bays. There is a six-panel door, accessed by four steps, set in a coped gabled ashlar porch with a cambered outer arch. A blocked four-centre-arched doorway is located between the second and third bays.
On the west gable, there is a projecting chimney stack with a mullioned window in the attic and a sash window on the first floor. Attached to this gable is a range of lower two-storey farm buildings, including stables, which are likely of a slightly later date. Although the interior was not inspected, it is noted to have window shutters and an original staircase.
Local climate
Woodhouse Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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