Toomer Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1985. Farmhouse.

Toomer Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solemn-steel-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Toomer Farmhouse, Sherborne Road, Henstridge
OS grid reference
ST 708 190
Coordinates
50.97053, -2.41679
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Toomer Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 18th century and 19th century, with some earlier fragments. It is constructed from local stone, featuring 18th century half coursed rubble on the north side and 19th century cut and squared stone with ashlar dressings on the south side. The roof is made of Welsh slate and has coped gables, with brick and cast stone chimney stacks.

The building has a 'U'-plan and is two storeys high with three bays on the north elevation. The outer bays are gabled and linked by a parapet. The windows are 2-light leaded casements with iron opening lights above in the outer bays, and below there is a steel casement and a small-pane casement, all set in plain openings with stone lintels. The central feature is a chamfered pointed segmental doorway with a pair of boarded and studded doors, above which is a worn Tudor cartouche of arms, situated beneath the top of a 15th century cusped window light.

On the south elevation, there are three bays with projecting outer wings and a string course between the floors. The windows here are also 2-light casements, but with arched tracery glazing bars. The central feature consists of a pair of glazed doors set under a deep lintel with a four-centre arch and incised carvings. On the west side of the 19th century portion, there are two blocked oeil-de-boeuf windows that are presumably reused. The 18th century portion features leaded casements. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Toomer Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% 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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