Greyhound Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding Wing is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Greyhound Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding Wing
- WRENN ID
- sheer-rafter-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Greyhound Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding Wing, Long Street, Croscombe, BA5 3QJ
- OS grid reference
- ST 590 443
- Coordinates
- 51.1965, -2.58805
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greyhound Farmhouse and its attached outbuilding wing is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the early 19th century. The exterior is pebbledashed with pantile roofs, featuring coped verges and stacks made of brick, concrete block, and rubble. The building has a cross-passage layout with later internal rearrangements. The attached wing is located at the northeast corner and is connected by a splayed ashlar bay that has a moulded cornice and coping.
The main block is two storeys high with two bays and features 2-light casement windows. There is a door opening to the right, set within a dressed stone surround, leading to a plank door. The attached wing is also two storeys and has a return front with a single bay, showcasing 16-pane sash windows in dressed stone surrounds. The splayed bay includes a 16-pane sash window on the first floor, while the ground floor features a door opening in a dressed stone surround, which is a four-panelled door with the top two panels glazed.
Local climate
Greyhound Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding Wing receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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