Virgins Living is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1961. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Virgins Living

WRENN ID
hushed-moat-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Virgins Living, West and Middle Chinnock, TA18 7PN
OS grid reference
ST 472 132
Coordinates
50.91651, -2.75167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Virgins Living is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, constructed from ham stone with squared ashlar dressings and a Welsh slate roof featuring coped gables. It has brick chimney stacks at each end. The through passage was significantly modified in 1962. The south front is two stories high with four bays, while the north front has been altered to serve as the entrance facade. The ground floor features hollow chamfered mullioned windows with labels and unworked upper angle mitres, consisting of a 2-light window in bay 1, a 4-light window in bay 2, and a 3-light window in bay 4. There are 20th-century French doors beneath a new label in bay 3. Above, the steel casements in bays 1 and 2 have small pane cast iron casements in wooden frames with narrow centre deadlights, which are also repeated on the north elevation. The east gable has two mullioned windows, one with a label, and a small 17th-century stair window, with evidence of raising visible on the gable. A flat-roofed extension to the north is a remnant of an earlier wing, and on the west side of this extension, there is a lead pump dated 1856 still in place. Inside, there is a notable 17th-century fireplace with a cambered arch and incised spandrils on the east wall.

Local climate

Virgins Living receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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