Knowlerock Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Knowlerock Farmhouse

WRENN ID
graven-gable-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Knowlerock Farmhouse, Shepton Montague, BA9 8JA
OS grid reference
ST 703 312
Coordinates
51.07961, -2.42429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Knowlerock Farmhouse is a farmhouse with origins dating back to the 17th century. It is constructed from local stone rubble with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof with gable overhangs and brick chimney stacks. The building originally had a cruciform plan and consists of two storeys with an attic, with a single bay on each face.

The east elevation has been altered and now presents four bays, with the second bay projecting and the fourth bay being a 20th-century extension that has a plain clay tile roof. The windows are primarily horizontal bar casement types, except for the upper window in bay two, which is a three-light reserve chamfer window without a label, and the upper window in bay three, which is similar but has a label and early leaded lights. There is a segmental arched doorway cut into the lower bay three, with part of the label from a former window still visible.

At the rear, there are further reserve chamfer windows, including a two-light window on the first floor and a single light window in the attic, the latter featuring vertical iron bars. Inside, the north room has a large plain chamfered camber arched fireplace, while the south room contains a fireplace with a bowed timber arch. The roof frame is a collar truss type, with collars that are half-scarfed and bolted, and the purlins are tenoned.

Local climate

Knowlerock Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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