Higher Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1961. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Higher Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-bastion-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1961
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Farmhouse, North Cadbury, BA22 7BL
- OS grid reference
- ST 652 278
- Coordinates
- 51.04895, -2.49713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse dating primarily to the 17th century, with later additions from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed, Cary stone rubble with a Welsh slate roof, stepped coped gables, and brick end chimney stacks featuring moulded stone caps. The house has a double-roof plan and a three-bay south elevation. The windows are small-pane casements; three-light windows are found in the outer bays, a two-light window in the centre, and a six-panel door with glazed toplights is located in the lower bay. The door is surrounded by a stone surround of fluted Doric pilasters and a full entablature with a flat hood. An extension to the east gable, likely from the early 19th century, is a two-storey lean-to. An attic window on the south-west has a vertical bar and a leaded casement. A cellar window on the north of the east range features an ovolo-mould. The interior is unreported but is said to include a spiral staircase and features indicating a former bacon-curing chamber.
Local climate
Higher Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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