Lower Alham Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1988. Farmhouse.

Lower Alham Farmhouse

WRENN ID
fossil-iron-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1988
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Alham Farmhouse, Batcombe
OS grid reference
ST 680 401
Coordinates
51.1601, -2.45877
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Alham Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of rubble with a double-Roman tile roof featuring coped verges and truncated stacks, one of which is made of brick. The building has a symmetrical frontage with two storeys and three bays. It features three-light moulded stone-mullioned and transomed windows, with iron casements and leaded lights. The central door opening is framed in moulded stone and has a studded plank door. There is a wing at right angles to the rear. This farmhouse is an example of an unaltered 17th-century building.

Local climate

Lower Alham Farmhouse receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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