Higher Rocke's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Higher Rocke's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stony-brass-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Rocke's Farmhouse, High Street, Butleigh, BA6 8ST
- OS grid reference
- ST 522 333
- Coordinates
- 51.09728, -2.68304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Rocke's Farmhouse is likely the manor house of a small manor, which later became a farmhouse and is now a house. It probably dates from the early 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th century. The building is constructed of coursed and squared rubble, featuring some banding, and has roofs of tile and pantile at different pitches, along with brick stacks.
The main facade, facing the garden, is two storeys with an attic and consists of one, two, three, and four-light ovolo-moulded stone-mullioned windows, including one with a king-mullion and stopped labels. The left bay features a projecting two-storey porch beneath a front-facing gable, with a semi-circular outer door opening in a moulded and dressed stone surround, accented by scalloped imposts and an emphasized keystone. The inner door has a moulded wooden surround and is a plank door with strap hinges.
To the left, there is a 19th-century addition that has two bays and three-light casements. Inside, there are two fireplaces with moulded surrounds and four-centred heads, one made of wood and the other of freestone. The ceiling beams are chamfered and stopped. A glazed lean-to at the rear is not considered of special interest.
Local climate
Higher Rocke's Farmhouse 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 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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