Beacon Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.

Beacon Farmhouse

WRENN ID
woven-foundation-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Beacon Farmhouse, Bolter's Lane, Doulting, BA4 4JU
OS grid reference
ST 638 451
Coordinates
51.20478, -2.5185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Beacon Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse located on Bolter's Lane in Doulting. The building is rendered with a double-span slate roof featuring coped verges and brick stacks. It stands two storeys tall with a basement and has four bays. The windows are 2-light stone-mullioned with casements, and the basement also has two similar windows. The central door opening is framed by a gabled porch with a finial and features a 19th-century half-glazed door with a four-centred outer door opening. The farmhouse is part of an enclosure landscape that was formed in the 18th century.

Local climate

Beacon Farmhouse receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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  • 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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