Staple Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Staple Park Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-loft-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington MP: Gideon Amos (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Staple Park Farmhouse, Staple Fitzpaine
- OS grid reference
- ST 254 181
- Coordinates
- 50.95836, -3.06304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farmhouse. Built in the 17th century, it was refenestrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The farmhouse is constructed of roughcast over rubble, with steeply pitched slate roofs, coped verges, and stone stacks to the gable ends, one to the right of the cross passage and another to a wing. It has a roughly L-shaped layout, with a projecting section on the north-east side and a north-west wing built at the same time.
The south front has two storeys and four bays, featuring 3-light casement windows with a 2-light window in the right end bay. A 20th-century door is located in the second bay from the left. A small window is in the gable end wall, likely leading to the staircase. A two-bay wing to the side has 2-light and 3-light casement windows, and a 20th-century door.
The interior has not been inspected, but it is believed to contain features of interest. A tablet in Staple Fitzpaine Church commemorates William Cross, who was born here in 1620 when the house was known as Park Lodge. Following the enclosure of the deer park, the house was named Lodge Farm on a map of 1822.
Local climate
Staple Park Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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 — 3 transactions since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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