Downings Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Downings Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-thatch-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Downings Farmhouse, Tatworth Street, Tatworth and Forton, TA20 2SG
- OS grid reference
- ST 329 060
- Coordinates
- 50.8498, -2.95403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Downings Farmhouse is an early to mid-19th century farmhouse situated on Tatworth Street in Tatworth. The building is constructed of random rubble local stone, with dressings in Ham stone. It features quoins and flat surrounds to the window openings, a slate roof with coped verges, and brick stacks to the gable ends. The farmhouse has a double pile plan. The main facade has two storeys and three bays, with a 12-pane sash window on the first floor. A central gabled porch provides access to a panelled inner door.
Local climate
Downings Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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