Mounting Block, 3 Metres North West of Lower Tarr Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Mounting block.
Mounting Block, 3 Metres North West of Lower Tarr Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- keen-garret-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Mounting block
- OS grid reference
- ST 107 306
- Coordinates
- 51.06783, -3.27559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mounting block located 3 metres north-west of Lower Tarr Farmhouse, likely dating from the 18th century. It is made of red sandstone and features four steps on the south-west side.
Local climate
Mounting Block, 3 Metres North West of Lower Tarr Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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