Ben Ash Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Ben Ash Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- kindled-keystone-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ben Ash Farmhouse, Main Street, Walton, BA16 9QW
- OS grid reference
- ST 458 363
- Coordinates
- 51.12374, -2.77547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ben Ash Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located on the north side of Main Street in Walton. It is constructed of coursed and squared lias rubble with a double-Roman tile roof and three brick ridge stacks. The house follows a cross-passage plan, with two storeys and three bays. It has 20th-century casement windows in a traditional style, with those on the first floor positioned directly under the eaves. A recessed door opening is centrally positioned, with a 20th-century door and sidelight. The interior retains a cross-beamed ceiling, two fireplaces featuring broad wooden bressumers, an 18th-century panelled door, and a winder staircase.
Local climate
Ben Ash 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 2 transactions since 2012
- 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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