Kent Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1985. Farmhouse.

Kent Farmhouse

WRENN ID
half-foundation-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Kent Farmhouse, Kent Lane, Shapwick
OS grid reference
ST 410 390
Coordinates
51.14801, -2.8435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kent Farmhouse is an early 19th-century farmhouse constructed from coursed and squared rubble with coped verges and end rubble stacks, topped by a triple Roman tile roof. The building is two storeys high and features a symmetrical three-bay frontage. The first floor has 9-pane sash windows, while the ground floor has 12-pane sash windows. The central entrance consists of a 4-panelled door with a transom light above.

Local climate

Kent Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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