Ford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Ford Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-cornice-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ford Farmhouse, Wiveliscombe, TA4 2RL
- OS grid reference
- ST 093 288
- Coordinates
- 51.05221, -3.29538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford Farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century, has undergone alterations in the early 19th century and the 20th century. It is now divided. The farmhouse comprises a cross wing to the left and an L-shaped plan with a 19th-century service wing projecting forward and an attached malthouse to the right. The left wing is rendered with painted rubble, while the roof is slate-covered, and there are brick stacks. The building has two storeys and a 1:1:3:1 bay arrangement; it features 20th-century casement windows. The entrance is located to the right of the centre, accessed through a lead-canopied porch with decorative wrought ironwork. An outshut is attached at the rear.
Inside, a plank and muntin screen is located to the right of the cross passage, featuring a square-headed moulded door frame similar to the backdoor of the cross passage. A round-headed arch provides access to a corridor, and there is an early 19th-century staircase along the rear elevation. A three-bay arcade is on the first-floor landing, and a fine moulded wooden panel ceiling is found to the left of the cross passage.
Local climate
Ford Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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