Woodlands Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Woodlands Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- high-crypt-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Woodlands Farmhouse, Holford, TA5 1SE
- OS grid reference
- ST 159 408
- Coordinates
- 51.16074, -3.20283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodlands Farmhouse is a farmhouse with a medieval origin, significantly altered in the early 17th century and with an 18th-century front. It is constructed of roughcast over random rubble, with hipped slate roofs and a tall brick stack to the left of the entrance. The house follows a hall house plan, running north-west to south-east, with a west wing and a south-east crosswing.
The main block has two and a half storeys and five bays. The left wing has a hipped roof with a 2-light casement window on the first floor. The central section has two 3-light and one 2-light casements on the first floor, along with a hipped dormer. The right wing, also hipped, has a segmental-headed 2-light casement window on the first floor, and a ground floor 2-light casement to the left, and 3- and 4-light casements in the centre. The front door is located centrally, with a gabled hood and pierced bargeboards.
The right return features a symmetrical five-bay facade with segmental-headed casements incorporating keystones, quoins, and a central doorcase.
The interior was not inspected, but it is reputed to contain a plaster overmantel on the first floor depicting the wounds of Christ.
Local climate
Woodlands Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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