Ball Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1987. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Ball Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-corbel-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ball Farmhouse, North Petherton
- OS grid reference
- ST 285 340
- Coordinates
- 51.10152, -3.02167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ball Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. The building is rendered and colourwashed, topped with a double Roman tile roof and features brick stacks. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys high, comprising four bays with 2 and 3-light Gothick casements. The main entrance is through a half-glazed door located in the second bay, which is sheltered by a 20th-century porch. There is also a secondary entrance to the right, which is another half-glazed door. Inside, the farmhouse includes fireplaces with broad wooden bessumers and a roof constructed with cruck beams, along with additional lesser features from the 19th century.
Local climate
Ball Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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