Lytes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse.

Lytes Farmhouse

WRENN ID
standing-ledge-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton MP: Sarah Dyke (LD)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lytes Farmhouse, Copse Shoot Lane, Barrington, South Somerset
OS grid reference
ST 388 181
Coordinates
50.95938, -2.87207
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lytes Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed and squared rubble, with a rendered section on one side. The roof is covered with double-Roman tiles and features coped verges and brick stacks. The building has a symmetrical front with two storeys and three bays. The windows are three-light casements set beneath wooden lintels. There is a central door opening that contains a plank door, which is sheltered by a gabled rubble porch.

Local climate

Lytes Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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