Twindown Mead is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. A Medieval Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Twindown Mead

WRENN ID
waning-wall-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Address
Twindown Mead, West and Middle Chinnock, TA18 7PN
OS grid reference
ST 472 132
Coordinates
50.91591, -2.75191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Twindown Mead is a former farmhouse that may have origins dating back to the 16th century. The building features ham stone rubble on the southern portion and the northern outhouse, with ashlar stone in the center. It has thatch roofing between coped gables, while the outhouse has Welsh slate between its coped gables. There are brick chimney stacks at both ends and in the middle. The farmhouse has a two-room plan with a through passage, an added side room, and a granary wing, all spanning two storeys and comprising three bays with an extension.

The windows are hollow chamfered with mullions, featuring large leaded panes. The first bay has a three-light window with a label, and above it, there is a two-light window in a moulded recess. The second bay has a four-light window with a label below and an angled oriel window above, which consists of a one-two-one light configuration. The third bay has three-light windows both above and below, with the lower window also having a label. There is a 20th-century stone entrance porch located between the second and third bays, which has a plain doorway. The extension includes one bay of small pane 20th-century casements and a two-light hollow chamfer window at mezzanine level on the northern side, although the mullion has been removed and it lacks a label.

Inside, there are two end fireplaces with inglenooks, likely from the 17th century, one of which includes a bread oven. The interior also features several deep chamfered beams.

Local climate

Twindown Mead receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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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