Open Wagon Shed 15 Metres North of Higher Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1984. A C18 Wagon shed.
Open Wagon Shed 15 Metres North of Higher Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- secret-tin-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 August 1984
- Type
- Wagon shed
- Address
- Open Wagon Shed 15 Metres North of Higher Farmhouse, BA22 8EG
- OS grid reference
- ST 541 220
- Coordinates
- 50.99601, -2.65465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an open wagon shed dating from the late 18th century, located 15 metres north of Higher Farmhouse in Limington. It is constructed from local stone that has been cut and squared, and features a hipped roof covered with plain clay tiles supported by Queen post roof trusses. The shed consists of three bays, with large stone piers positioned between the openings. It holds significant group value with the nearby barn and Higher Farmhouse.
Local climate
Open Wagon Shed 15 Metres North of Higher Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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