Brufords is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Brufords
- WRENN ID
- winding-rafter-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brufords, Halse
- OS grid reference
- ST 131 290
- Coordinates
- 51.05389, -3.24069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brufords is a 17th-century cottage located in Halse, featuring a rendered exterior over rubble and a thatched roof that is half hipped to the left. The building is one and a half storeys tall with irregularly placed windows, including 3- and 4-light mullioned windows and three half dormers. The outer bay on the left projects slightly forward and has a small cross window on the ground floor. The centrally placed 20th-century door is accompanied by a 20th-century porch with a lean-to roof. At the rear, there is an outshut and a large external stack on the right return elevation, topped with a tall brick chimney.
Local climate
Brufords 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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