Knotts Farmhouse, and Front Boundary Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1988. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Knotts Farmhouse, and Front Boundary Wall
- WRENN ID
- rooted-terrace-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Yeovil MP: Adam Dance (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Knotts Farmhouse, and Front Boundary Wall, Brimclose Road, Dinnington, TA17 8SU
- OS grid reference
- ST 402 128
- Coordinates
- 50.91237, -2.85114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knotts Farmhouse is a detached farmhouse built in the early 19th century. It features a ham stone ashlar facade, with rubble on the sides and rear, and a Welsh slate roof that has a shallow pitch and stepped coped gables, along with brick end chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The sash windows have 16 panes and are set in plain openings with voussoired flat-arched heads. The lower bay 2 includes a six-panelled door beneath a four-unit rectangular fanlight, all within a plain opening, and is topped with a flat stone hood supported by heavy console brackets. There is a single-storey lean-to against the west gable and a two-storey extension on the east gable, which is set lower and features two-light casement windows. A long extension extends to the rear. The interior has not been seen.
About 4 metres south of the farmhouse is the front boundary wall, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and standing about 1 metre high. It has a stone ashlar plinth and thin coping, with a curved return at the west end leading back to the house. Opposite the entrance door are two small square stone gatepiers topped with moulded bell-hip caps, with two steps between them and no gate. These features enhance the setting of the farmhouse and contribute to the streetscape in the centre of the village. By 1851, this was the largest farm in the village.
Local climate
Knotts Farmhouse, and Front Boundary Wall receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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