Brooklands Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1986. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Brooklands Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- peeling-gravel-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brooklands Farmhouse, Brain's Lane, Sparkford, BA22 7LA
- OS grid reference
- ST 607 264
- Coordinates
- 51.03645, -2.56048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brooklands Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse, dated 1737. It is constructed of local lias stone, cut and squared, with painted stone dressings, and has a double Roman clay tile roof with coped gables. Brick chimney stacks are present. The building is two storeys high and comprises four bays and two bays set at right angles to the road. The windows are mullioned with two lights, and have beaded ashlar surrounds and hood moulds to the lower windows, fitted with iron-framed opening lights and plain glazing. A segmental arched, gabled porch is located between bays two and three, with a boarded door in a heavy frame, and above a stone plaque with a hoodmould and an oval panel inscribed "A/SB/l737". A blocked attic window is visible in the west gable, and there is a lean-to addition on the north side. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Brooklands 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 — 5 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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