Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- guardian-zinc-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Farmhouse, South Barrow, BA22 7LN
- OS grid reference
- ST 601 279
- Coordinates
- 51.04987, -2.56997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a detached cottage, likely dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of local stone, cut and squared, with a thatched roof featuring a coped gable on its north side. The cottage has brick chimney stacks at both ends and between the bays. It extends two storeys and has four bays. The windows are horizontal bar casements, mostly with three lights, with no window in the lower bay four, all set under exposed timber lintols. A boarded door with a glazed panel is positioned between bays two and three, hung on a heavy frame and sheltered by a rustic timber and thatched open porch. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Old 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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