Range of Farmbuildings Abutting Townsend Cottages, Backing Onto Road, Continued North-West for About 90 Metres is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1985. Farmbuildings.

Range of Farmbuildings Abutting Townsend Cottages, Backing Onto Road, Continued North-West for About 90 Metres

WRENN ID
drifting-bracket-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1985
Type
Farmbuildings
OS grid reference
ST 005 428
Coordinates
51.17601, -3.42474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a range of farm buildings at Townsend Farm, dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. The buildings are constructed from red sandstone random rubble and blue lias, with some areas roughcast. The northern end has a half hipped slate roof, while a corrugated iron roof adjoins it, and the other buildings have slate roofs. The long range of buildings extends approximately 90 meters, backing onto the road and running from the northwest to the southeast. It includes a loft over a stable, a byre, a double barn, and outbuildings that connect to Townsend Cottages at the southern end. The loft over the stable features two unglazed wooden mullioned windows, the byre has two segmental headed openings, and the barn has double doors, with the rest of the structure being unlit. The foldyard side is only partially visible. These farm buildings are primarily listed for their contribution to the street scene, particularly the rear elevation.

Local climate

Range of Farmbuildings Abutting Townsend Cottages, Backing Onto Road, Continued North-West for About 90 Metres sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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