Middle Brown Farmhouse and Outbuilding Adjoining to East is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Middle Brown Farmhouse and Outbuilding Adjoining to East

WRENN ID
dusk-latch-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Middle Brown Farmhouse and Outbuilding Adjoining to East, TA4 2EL
OS grid reference
ST 023 312
Coordinates
51.07266, -3.39586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Middle Brown Farmhouse and the adjoining outbuilding are 17th-century structures, with possible enlargement in the 18th century at the west end. The farmhouse is built of random rubble local stone and has roughcast on the south and west fronts, featuring rendered flat surrounds to the windows on the facade. The outbuilding is constructed from coursed white quartz stone and flat bedded grey rubble, topped with a steeply pitched corrugated asbestos roof that is hipped to the left. There is a lower addition with a slate roof at the east gable end, and a stone stack with a rebuilt brick chimney is located at the right gable end, while another stone stack marks the end of the original dwelling between the second and third bays on the left.

The plan of the farmhouse is not clear without an internal inspection, but it is thought to be a two-cell and cross passage house that has been enlarged at the west end, with a loft and bedroom over the scullery and an outshut at the rear. The building has two storeys and features a 2:3 bay arrangement. A gabled dormer rises from the eaves of the second bay on the left, and there are two early 19th-century three-light leaded iron casements on the first floor. The ground floor has a large 19th-century wooden casement to the left of the former entrance, a boarded-up window to the right, and the original entrance is located in the second bay on the right, consisting of a six-panel door with two inserted lights and a pentice hood porch. The present entrance is now in the first bay on the left, featuring a plank door. The right return faces the road and has a loft opening.

The single-storey outbuilding adjoining the right gable end has an enlarged square-headed opening on the left, with two plank doors in the center and an unglazed window opening on the right. The upper portion of the right-hand wall is cemented over, and there is some cement around the left entrance. The interior was not accessible at the time of the survey but is thought to contain features of interest. The farm is mentioned in mid-17th-century documents, and the settlement is known to have early medieval origins.

Local climate

Middle Brown Farmhouse and Outbuilding Adjoining to East sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
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